Philistine

Example Sentences

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Simply put, if you can’t take Duchamp or conceptual art seriously, you are a philistine, by the definition of the art world.

From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022

With this in mind, it’s tempting to read “Wool” as straight-up satire, focusing as it does on an ingenious but eccentric writer pitched against a philistine publisher.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Let me reassure you, you are not a hopeless philistine if you find this all a bit foolish.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2019

This message is so blunt that even I, a Marxist and philistine, found its message a bit too clobbering.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2019

At first glance classic style sounds naive and philistine, suited only to a world of concrete goings-on.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker