philistinism

Example Sentences

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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

But suggest these things are wrong and you get hordes of opera lovers rising up to loudly protest your philistinism and ignorance.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2019

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

Here we miss the robust philistinism of the eternal schoolboy, and the atmosphere of reality which pervades Tom Brown.

From The Lighter Side of School Life by Hay, Ian