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

There is an assumption of philistinism, I say.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2016

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

Provincialism is the soil in which philistinism grows most rapidly and widely.

From Books and Culture by Mabie, Hamilton Wright