philistine

See also: Philistine

English

philistine (comparative more philistine, superlative most philistine)

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

lacking in appreciation for art or culture

Bulgarian: филистер (bg) m (filister), простак (bg) m (prostak)
Catalan: filisteu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小市民 (zh) (xiǎoshìmín), 庸俗 (zh) (yōngsú), 鄙俚 (zh) (bǐlǐ), 俗人 (zh) (súrén)
Czech: barbarský (cs)
Dutch: barbaars (nl)
Finnish: moukkamainen (fi)
French: philistin (fr)
German: Spießer- (de), philiströs (de), Banause (de) m
Greek: άξεστος (el) (áxestos), ακαλλιέργητος (el) (akalliérgitos), αμόρφωτος (el) (amórfotos), βάρβαρος (el) (várvaros), κάφρος (el) (káfros)

Italian: filisteo (it)
Japanese: 俗っぽい. (ぞくっぽい, zokuppoi)
Norwegian: filistrøs
Polish: filisterski m
Portuguese: filisteu
Russian: обыва́тельский (ru) (obyvátelʹskij), меща́нский (ru) (meščánskij), филистёрский (filistjórskij)
Spanish: filisteo
Swedish: kälkborgerlig, brackig (sv), filisteisk, filiströs (sv) (antiquated)
Volapük: filistik (vo), (♂♀) filistanik, (♂) hifilistanik, (♀) jifilistanik, (collective ♂♀) filistanefik, (♀) hifilistanefik, (♀) hifilistanefik
Welsh: philistaidd

philistine (plural philistines)

Alternative letter-case form of Philistine
- 1988, October 7, “Anthony Adler”, in Some Men Need Help‎:
  […] -as if to say, "Relax, folks, we're all philistines here; we're not gonna throw you anything that's over your head"-- […]

Philistine — see Philistine

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