noun Date: 14th century a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia, 2. often not capitalized a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values, one uninformed in a special area of knowledge, philistine adjective, often capitalized philistinism noun, often capitalized
PHILISTINE
Meaning of PHILISTINE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012