WebIn English usage, the term philistine —a person hostile to aesthetic and intellectual discourse—was common British usage by the decade of 1820, and was applied to the bourgeois, merchant middle class of the Victorian Era (1837–1901), whose new wealth … WebPhilistine ( ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn) n 1. a person who is unreceptive to or hostile towards culture, the arts, etc; a smug boorish person 2. (Peoples) a member of the non-Semitic people who inhabited ancient Philistia adj 3. ( sometimes not capital) boorishly uncultured 4. (Peoples) of or relating to the ancient Philistines Philistinism n

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WebPhilistia ( Hebrew: פְּלֶשֶׁת, romanized : Pəlešeṯ; Koine Greek ( LXX ): Γῆ τῶν Φυλιστιείμ, romanized: gê tôn Phulistieìm ), also known as the Philistine Pentapolis, was a confederation of cities in the Southwest Levant, which … WebOriginal Word: פְלִשְׁתִּי Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Pelishti Phonetic Spelling: (pel-ish-tee') Definition: inhab. of Philistia NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from Pelesheth Definition inhab. of Philistia NASB Translation Philistine (33), Philistine's (2), Philistines (250), Philistines' (2). the other civil war zinn

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http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/aebp/essentials/countries/philistia/index.html Webnoun [ C ] uk / ˈfɪl.ɪ.staɪn / us / ˈfɪl.ɪ.stiːn /. one of a race of people who lived in the area near the coast of the southeast Mediterranean in ancient times and were often at war with the Israelites. (Definition of philistine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & … Webnoun Definition of philistines plural of philistine as in lowbrows a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture the town's philistines who think that spending on the arts is a waste of taxpayers' money Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance lowbrows materialists bastards capitalists clowns rats shuckers saint albans wv