Philistinism

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  • n. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
    • Word Usage
    "Stardust has been added to the protests by the intervention of Philip Pullman, the novelist and former schoolteacher, whose impassioned speech against the "philistinism" of the proposed closures has circulated widely on the net."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    desire   
    Variant
    Philistine   
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