Philistine

Example Sentences

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I must add that, as you drive in Boston now, across the Longfellow Bridge to the Ted Williams Tunnel, it’s pretty obvious that high culture has its philistine competition.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Literature, cinema and theater are seen as beacons of enlightenment in a philistine world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020

After my own dalliance with carving cucumber slices to resemble Pac-Man, I knew exactly what my little philistine would do with dinosaur-shaped salmon cakes and Teenage Mutant Ninja Tacos.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2020

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