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Philistine
01
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Human
Composition
Compound
Countable
Plural form
philistines
philistine
01
not being interested, fond, or understanding of serious works of music, art, literature, etc.
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
qualitative
Superlative
most philistine
Comparative
more philistine
gradable
Examples
His philistine remarks about the painting revealed his lack of appreciation for art.
Lexical Tree
philistinism
philistine
