philistinism

Example Sentences

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Not that I think the movies are dying, any more than they have been dying for the past 90 years or so, as they were fatally menaced by sound, television, corporate greed and audience philistinism.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

The Kennedy Center has become a repository of philistinism, much to my regret.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

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

At once you are covered with reproaches for your philistinism.

From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord