Philistine

Definition of Philistine

Phi`lis´tine

n.	1.	A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
	2.	A bailiff.
	3.	A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.
a.	1.	Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
	2.	Uncultured; commonplace.

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Babbitt, Boeotian, barbarian, boeotian, boob, boor, boorish, boring, bourgeois, capitalist, clown, commercial, commonplace, crass, dull, ignoramus, lout, lowbrow, materialist, materialistic, middlebrow, narrow-minded, prosaic, tasteless, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, untutored, vulgarian, yahoo

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