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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