philistinism
Example Sentences
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The Kennedy Center has become a repository of philistinism, much to my regret.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022
Swed pays tribute to a writer “who attacked philistinism without fear wherever he saw it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2019
Profit-hunger, philistinism and misanthropy are and always have been at the core of the enterprise.
From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 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
Mr. Gladstone has put himself on record against this philistinism, saying that "psychical research is by far the most important work that is being done in the world."
From Miracles and Supernatural Religion by Whiton, James Morris
