| NOUN | person | philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits |
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| person | Philistine | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | Philistine | of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people |
| all | philistine, anti-intellectual | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values |
| Sounds | fih'lahstiy.n | |
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| Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people. | |
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| Nouns | Philistia | an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt |
| Philistine | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC | |
| Meaning | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values. | |
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| Synonym | anti-intellectual | |
| Broader | nonintellectual | not intellectual |
| Spanish | antiintelectual, filisteo | |
| Nouns | philistine | a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits |
| Meaning | A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits. | |
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| Synonyms | anti-intellectual, lowbrow | |
| Broader | plebeian, pleb | One of the common people |
| Spanish | filistea, filisteo, inculto | |
| Catalan | filisteu, inculte | |
| Adjectives | philistine | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values |
| Meaning | A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC. | |
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| Broader | inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller | A person who inhabits a particular place |
| Spanish | filisteo | |
| Adjectives | Philistine | of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people |
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