philistinism
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But suggest these things are wrong and you get hordes of opera lovers rising up to loudly protest your philistinism and ignorance.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2019
Mulvaney began his tenure with an open display of cocksure philistinism, taking potshots at Warren at a conference of appreciative credit union executives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2019
Her early dislike of Joni Mitchell is used as a segue into a discussion of philistinism and taste.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2018
The best works produced under Company patronage are unparalleled in Indian art and show a sympathy with the Mughal world quite at odds with prevailing stereotypes of colonial philistinism and insensitivity.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2015
Here we miss the robust philistinism of the eternal schoolboy, and the atmosphere of reality which pervades Tom Brown.
From The Lighter Side of School Life by Ian Hay
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