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- pronunciation:
- fI
l
stin
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fI
l
staIn
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fih
lI
stihn
[or]
fih
lI
stin
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a member of a non-Semitic people of Philistia who repeatedly warred with the ancient Hebrews.
- synonyms:
- barbarian, boor
- similar words:
- Babbitt, middlebrow
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| definition 2: |
(sometimes l.c.) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values.
That philistine would never dream of accompanying me to the ballet or the opera.- antonyms:
- aesthete
- similar words:
- barbarian, boor
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
(sometimes l.c.) indifferent to, ignorant of, or hostile to cultural and aesthetic values.
- synonyms:
- bourgeois
- similar words:
- barbarian, middlebrow, pedestrian, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated
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| definition 2: |
of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
- similar words:
- bourgeois
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| related words: |
barbarian |
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