philistine

🇬🇧 UK/'filistain/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who is indifferent or hostile to art, culture, and intellectual pursuits.

庸人,俗人,缺乏文化修养的人

adj.

Lacking appreciation for or hostile to art, culture, and intellectual life.

庸俗的,缺乏文化修养的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym
philistineother
=philistine

Common Collocations

  • 1.cultural philistine文化俗人
  • 2.[utter philistine]十足的庸人
  • 3.philistine attitude庸俗的态度
  • 4.branded a philistine被视为俗人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He was branded a philistine for dismissing modern art as meaningless scribbles.

  • 2.

    Only a philistine would turn a historic library into a parking lot.

  • 3.

    She felt like a philistine sitting through the opera without understanding a single aria.

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