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PHILISTINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Philistine" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Derivation:
Philistine (of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Synonyms:
anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("philistine" is a kind of...):
pleb; plebeian (one of the common people)
Derivation:
philistine (smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
Synonyms:
anti-intellectual; philistine
Classified under:
Similar:
nonintellectual (not intellectual)
Derivation:
philistine (a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Philistia (an ancient region on the coast of southwestern Palestine that was strategically located on a trade route between Syria and Egypt; important in biblical times)
Philistine (a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC)
Derivation:
Philistine (a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC)
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