philistinism
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Call it inverse philistinism: the use of intentionally bad imagery, perhaps with a wink, to create an “us-them” dynamic.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2022
Not that I think the movies are dying, any more than they have been dying for the past 90 years or so, as they were fatally menaced by sound, television, corporate greed and audience philistinism.
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022
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
Within the church itself, modern low-backed pews had supplanted the ancient square boxes during an outbreak of philistinism in the fifties.
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
