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philistinism

noun

  1. manners, habits, and character of a person whose anti-intellectual social attitude undervalues and despises art, beauty, spirituality and intellect
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Etymology: Etymology tree English philistine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English philistinism From philistine + -ism.

  1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

    “It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.”