philistine
English Thesaurus
1. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person)
2. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | pleb, plebeian, |
| definition | : | one of the common people (noun.person) |
3. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values (adj.all)
4. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person)
| derivation | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people (adj.pert) |
5. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits (noun.person)
| derivation | : | anti-intellectual, philistine, |
| definition | : | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated, |
| definition | : | characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes (adj.all) |
6. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values (adj.all)
7. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | philistia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| pertainym | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person) |
8. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person)
| derivation | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people (adj.pert) |
9. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits (noun.person)
| derivation | : | anti-intellectual, philistine, |
| definition | : | smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | lowbrow, lowbrowed, uncultivated, |
| definition | : | characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes (adj.all) |
10. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values (adj.all)
11. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | philistia, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.location) |
| pertainym | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | philistine, |
| definition | : | a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (noun.person) |
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