Philistine
Example Sentences
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It’s a uniquely philistine movement, but its political consequences are its most troubling aspect.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023
The issue here, then, may be that I am a philistine.
From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2021
It ill behoves either him or Bruckner to try to frame this as evidence of a vindictive philistine world.
From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2019
QT understands instinctively what Nabokov meant in his postscript to “Lolita”: “There is nothing more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity.”
From Salon • Aug. 17, 2019
The Jerry philistine proceeded to wad everything I could remember of “Tam o’Shanter” into balls of wastepaper.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
