Philistine
Example Sentences
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Not a colleague, note, far less a fellow toiler among the philistines.
It’s only fair to say that the GOP hasn’t had a monopoly on philistine attacks on scientific research.
From Los Angeles Times
Lately, Anderson has been on a tear of using his perfectionist aesthetic to defend the act of ambition itself — to honor artisans who create masterpieces in a world of philistines.
From Los Angeles Times
One result of auteurism is books like this, which cast directors as larger-than-life characters making extraordinary art despite all the philistines around them.
From Los Angeles Times
And a good thing too, since in Paul’s own estimation, Barton boys are, with rare exception, a hopeless bunch of “philistines,” “reprobates,” “troglodytes,” “degenerates,” “hormonal vulgarians,” “fetid layabouts” and “snarling Visigoths.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
