philistine

[Phi*lis·tine]

Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

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A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.

Noun
a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient philistia around the 12th century BC

Noun
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Adjective S.
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Adjective
of or relatin to ancient Philistia or the the culture of the Philistines


n.
A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.

n.
A bailiff.

n.
A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.

a.
Of or pertaining to the Philistines.

a.
Uncultured; commonplace.


Philistine

Phi*lis"tine , n. [L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishth'c6, pl. Phlishth'c6m.] 1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine. 2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] Swift. 3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests. [Recent] M. Arnold.

Philistine

Phi*lis"tine, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines. 2. Uncultured; commonplace.

A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.

Of or pertaining to the Philistines.

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Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

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