EGAVE

philistine

About 0.63 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
  2. adjective Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.

Similar words

anti-intellectual lowbrow nonintellectual pentapolis uncircumcised philistian philosemite philonist philiac philologaster

Often followed by

and cities in city is who army of giant

Word family

Philistinism Philistinisms philistines philistinism philistinisms

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