philistinism

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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

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

There is an assumption of philistinism, I say.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2016

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

We may talk wisely and at length of his commonplaceness, lack of spice, philistinism; he can be counted on to amuse us.

From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard