philistinism
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Call it inverse philistinism: the use of intentionally bad imagery, perhaps with a wink, to create an “us-them” dynamic.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2022
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
There is an assumption of philistinism, I say.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 1, 2016
It was a picture of suburban desolation, the home of poverty-stricken philistinism, uncaring and uncared for.
From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
