Antonyms for philistinism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fil-uh-steen, -stahyn, fi-lis-tin, -teen

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl əˌstin, -ˌstaɪn, fɪˈlɪs tɪn, -tin

Definition of philistinism

Origin : Old Testament people of coastal Palestine who made war on the Israelites, early 14c., from Old French Philistin, from Late Latin Philistinus, from Late Greek Philistinoi (plural), from Hebrew P'lishtim, "people of P'lesheth" ("Philistia"); cf. Akkad. Palastu, Egyptian Palusata; the word probably is the people's name for itself.

As in illiteracy : noun ignorance
As in illiterateness : noun ignorance
As in nescience : noun ignorance
As in obliviousness : noun ignorance
As in unawareness : noun ignorance
As in unconsciousness : noun ignorance
As in unfamiliarity : noun ignorance
As in ignorance : noun unintelligence, inexperience

Example sentences :

Philistinism was the note of the age and community in which he lived.
Extract from : « De Profundis » by Oscar Wilde

The latter represented freedom and cleverness at war with philistinism.
Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner

To say that you do not like them is confession of your own philistinism.
Extract from : « The Feasts of Autolycus » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell

This want of understanding is called by some of us your Philistinism.
Extract from : « The Intellectual Life » by =Philip Gilbert Hamerton

So the good woman had said, showing her lack of geist—her Philistinism.
Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan

Philistinism, it seems, finds ready converts on the other side of the globe.
Extract from : « Pot-Boilers » by Clive Bell

Provincialism is the soil in which philistinism grows most rapidly and widely.
Extract from : « Books and Culture » by Hamilton Wright Mabie

At once you are covered with reproaches for your philistinism.
Extract from : « Humanly Speaking » by Samuel McChord Crothers

She was somewhat annoyed, and she made up her mind that there must be an element of Philistinism in his character.
Extract from : « To Leeward » by F. Marion Crawford

It was the English part of her nature, fighting for a show of Philistinism amidst so much that was the very reverse.
Extract from : « To Leeward » by F. Marion Crawford

Synonyms for philistinism

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