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What does philistinism mean?

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Noun
  1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
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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.
But is curing British philistinism a job for Brussels? Eurocrats talk of the efficiency of spending money through regions.
There have been accusations of nepotism and favouritism, philistinism and indolence, each clandestinely leaked to the papers.
He was always criticized for his philistinism and his overweening self-confidence.
Their libertarianism was more aesthetic than political, an assertion of personal autonomy against repressive philistinism.
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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