PHILISTINE


Meaning of PHILISTINE in English

n. Function: noun

a crass, prosaic, often priggish individual guided by material rather than artistic or intellectual values FF1C; philistines who opposed everything new and creative in art FF1E;

Synonyms: Babbitt, boeotian, boob, middlebrow

Related Words: bourgeois; capitalist; materialist; boor, clown, lout, vulgarian

Antonyms: aesthete

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический толковый словарь тезауруса.