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philistinism

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I am subject to these occasional outbreaks—these revolts against Philistinism.

To say that you do not like them is confession of your own philistinism.

For pure Philistinism I don't think I know any town that equals it.

A great deal of Tennyson is merely Philistinism made musical.

The standpoint of Ranke, whose history is detailed and in certain respects exhaustive, is that of general bourgeois Philistinism.

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On this page you'll find 220 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to philistinism, such as: illiteracy, nescience, benightedness, darkness, lack of education, and sciolism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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