philistinism
Example Sentences
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Martin Bernheimer, music critic for the Los Angeles Times from 1965 to 1996, was a Pulitzer Prize winner who attacked philistinism without fear wherever he saw it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
Profit-hunger, philistinism and misanthropy are and always have been at the core of the enterprise.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2018
And Lin’s success has reinforced a popular but shopworn narrative about the lonely artist with a vision fighting and prevailing over philistinism.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2017
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
At once you are covered with reproaches for your philistinism.
From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord
