There have been accusations of nepotism and favouritism, philistinism and indolence, each clandestinely leaked to the papers. |
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But there is a kind of philistinism about regarding books as only having worth if they are old and valuable. |
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She was also accused of philistinism, particularly because of a remark she made at a private dinner party, disloyally leaked by a fellow guest. |
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He was always criticized for his philistinism and his overweening self-confidence. |
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When cultural studies denigrates literature as elitist, this is hard to distinguish from a long national tradition of bourgeois philistinism. |
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Their libertarianism was more aesthetic than political, an assertion of personal autonomy against repressive philistinism. |
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The literary establishment's incoherent critique combines snobbish disdain for popular culture with an ahistorical philistinism. |
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We are using our excellent technical tools to lead humanity into ignorance in the information society and philistinism in the civilised society. |
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And maybe we can start on English football itself, with its wasted riches, its trivia obsession, its proud and diligent philistinism. |
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But is curing British philistinism a job for Brussels? Eurocrats talk of the efficiency of spending money through regions. |
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And unless it were really on its uppers, a nation that let its great public buildings run to seed would justly be accused of philistinism. |
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Why, given the government's unequalled record of philistinism, this desire to spend a fortune on what would be one of the world's biggest theatre complexes? |
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There can be a philistinism within this field that is philistinely denounced as infra dig. |
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Lebow is famous for challenging the inherent philistinism of neopositivism in American social science. |
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Baracking the voters While shepherds watched ReprintsBut railing against philistinism will not work this time, since ministers can point to deep cuts to other services. |
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But ignorantly, and apparently uncaringly, to sacrifice this jewel of Wales' heritage for the sake of a few extra quid is an act of crass philistinism. |
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