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Dictionary Results for Philistine:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Philistine
    adj 1: of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its
           people
    2: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and
       cultural values [syn: anti-intellectual, philistine]
    n 1: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits [syn:
         philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow]
    2: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia
       around the 12th century BC

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
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   2. Uncultured; commonplace.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb.
   Phlishth[imac], pl. Phlishth[imac]m.]
   1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast
      region of southern Palestine.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift.
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   3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one
      without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and
      sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to
      selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
      [1913 Webster]

4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
PHILISTINE, n.  One whose mind is the creature of its environment,
following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment.  He is
sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always
solemn.


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