Philistine
Example Sentences
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The resort, where much of the drama takes place, exerts its gaudy, philistine pull on the four main characters.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2021
Literature, cinema and theater are seen as beacons of enlightenment in a philistine world.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020
This message is so blunt that even I, a Marxist and philistine, found its message a bit too clobbering.
From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 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
At first glance classic style sounds naive and philistine, suited only to a world of concrete goings-on.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
