philistine
Meaning of philistine
- a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
I am a complete philistine when it comes to paintings
- hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts.
there were displays to inspire even the most philistine of visitors
early 19th century: from Philistine, originally with reference to a confrontation between university students and townspeople in Jena, Germany, in the late 17th century; a sermon on the conflict quoted ‘the Philistines are upon you’ (Judges 16), which led to an association between the townspeople and those hostile to culture.
noun
a member of a non-Semitic people of ancient southern Palestine, who came into conflict with the Israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries BC.
Old English: from late Latin Philistinus from Greek Philistinos, from Hebrew pĕlištī : compare with Palestine. See also philistine.
Information about philistine
- The plural form of philistine is: philistines.
- Languages in which philistine is used:
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Hyphenation of philistine
philis-tine
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- philistine is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
philistine synonyms
Meaning Philistine:
Philistine, inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen
Meaning anti-intellectual:
Meaning a person who considers material possessions and physical comfort as more important than spiritual values:
Meaning a bourgeois person:
Meaning a rough and bad-mannered person:
Meaning an ignorant or stupid person:
Meaning an uncouth and aggressive man or boy:
Meaning a man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent:
Meaning an uncultured or brutish person:
Meaning a person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society:
Meaning a brutal or vicious person:
Meaning a savagely violent person or animal:
Meaning a rude, noisy, or violent person:
Meaning an unrefined person, especially one with newly acquired power or wealth:
Meaning showing no intelligence or sensitivity:
Meaning lacking flavour:
Meaning not characterized by good taste, manners, or education:
Meaning (of land) not used for growing crops:
Meaning having or showing a poor level of education:
Meaning not formally taught or trained:
Meaning not having or showing an enlightened outlook:
Meaning (of a book or document) not read:
Meaning concerned with or engaged in commerce:
Meaning lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes:
Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) not elegant or cultured:
Meaning rough and bad-mannered; coarse:
Meaning extremely brutal:
Meaning savagely cruel:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of a brute:
Meaning uncouth and aggressive; thuggish:
Meaning rough or clumsy and unintelligent:
Meaning (of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced:
Meaning lacking good manners, refinement, or grace:
Meaning lacking sophistication or good taste:
Meaning rough or harsh in texture:
Meaning having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level:
Translation of philistine
- Spanish: ignorante, filisteo, filistea
- French: philistin, béotien
- Italian: filisteo, filistea
- German: Philister, Spießbürger, Spießer, banausenhaft, philisterhaft, spießbürgerlich
Words that rhyme with philistine
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