• IPA: /ˈfɪləstaɪn/

philistine

1. Hostile to or lacking in appreciation for art or culture, or having no understanding of them

• French: philistin
• German: Spießer, philiströs, Banause
• Italian: filisteo
• Portuguese: filisteu
• Russian: обыва́тельский
• Spanish: filisteo

philistine (plural philistines)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Philistine#English|Philistine

• (British) IPA: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.staɪn/
• (America) IPA: /ˈfɪl.ɪ.staɪn/, /ˈfɪl.ə.stin/, /fɪˈlɪ.stin/

philistine (plural philistines)

1. (usually, capitalized) A person from ancient Philistia.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Judges 16:23 ↗:

     Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice;

2. (usually, uncapitalized) A person who lacks appreciation of art or culture.

   It is Shakespearean, you Philistine!

   • 1843 Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. 4, Abbot Hugo

     what could poor old Abbot Hugo do? A frail old man; and the Philistines were upon him, – that is to say, the Hebrews.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 259d.

     trying to separate everything from everything else is not just poor taste but is the mark of a total philistine and someone with no feeling for philosophy.

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• French: Philistin
• German: Philister, Philisterin
• Italian: filisteo
• Portuguese: filisteu
• Russian: филисти́млянин
• Spanish: filisteo

• French: philistin
• German: Banause, Banausin, Kulturbanause, Kulturbanausin, Kunstbanause, Kunstbanausin, Spießbürger, Spießbürgerin, Spießer, Spießerin, (Austrian) Sumper, (Austrian) Sumperin, Barbar, Barbarin, Kunstbarbar, Kunstbarbarin, Philister, Philisterin, Prolet, Proletin, Ignorant, Ignorantin, Primitivling
• Portuguese: filisteu
• Russian: фили́стер

philistine

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
2. Lacking appreciation of culture; also philistine.
   • 1948, 18th Century England, in LIFE, page 124 ↗,

     Walpole, moreover, left England not only more corrupt than he found it, but crasser and more Philistine.

   • 2002, Louis Auchincloss, The Heiress, in Manhattan Monologues, page 33 ↗,

     Miles was taken seriously by the great dames of Manhattan society and was not scorned by even the most Philistine of their husbands.

• Russian: филисти́мский