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
What Roth saw, himself bruised and embittered by these vilifications, was ignorant philistinism by minds impenetrable to the comical and freewheeling and antic liberties of good-natured satire.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2021
Swed pays tribute to a writer “who attacked philistinism without fear wherever he saw it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2019
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
