philistinism

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Martin Bernheimer, music critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1996, was a Pulitzer Prize winner who attacked philistinism without fear wherever he saw it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2019

Volle, 70, claimed the refusals showed the philistinism of modern publishing, which was “abandoning literary works that are not easy to read or that will not set sales records”.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2017

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

The best works produced under Company patronage are unparalleled in Indian art and show a sympathy with the Mughal world quite at odds with prevailing stereotypes of colonial philistinism and insensitivity.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2015

We may talk wisely and at length of his commonplaceness, lack of spice, philistinism; he can be counted on to amuse us.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard