philistinism

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What Roth saw, himself bruised and embittered by these vilifications, was ignorant philistinism by minds impenetrable to the comical and freewheeling and antic liberties of good-natured satire.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021

Mulvaney began his tenure with an open display of cocksure philistinism, taking potshots at Warren at a conference of appreciative credit union executives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2019

Profit-hunger, philistinism and misanthropy are and always have been at the core of the enterprise.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2018

And Lin’s success has reinforced a popular but shopworn narrative about the lonely artist with a vision fighting and prevailing over philistinism.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2017

Here we miss the robust philistinism of the eternal schoolboy, and the atmosphere of reality which pervades Tom Brown.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian