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Meaning of philistine


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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


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