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单词 philistinism
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philistinismn.

Brit. /ˈfɪlᵻstᵻnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈfɪləˌstiˌnɪz(ə)m/, /ˈfɪləˌstaɪˌnɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Philistine n., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < Philistine n. + -ism suffix. Compare German Philisterei (1777 or earlier), Philiströsität (early 19th cent., rare).
The quality or condition of being a philistine; spec. the opinions or values of a cultural philistine; indifference or hostility to education, art, etc.; ignorance, unenlightenment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism
Gothicism1710
Gothism1715
philistinism1793
vandalism1798
Babbitry1920
Babbittism1925
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun]
lewdness1362
inculture1653
uncultivatedness1764
incultivation1787
philistinism1793
uncultivation1796
unculture1812
muselessness1877
unliterariness1903
lowbrowism1910
1793 Philistines 29 (title) Rise & Progress of Philistinism.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 51/2 One ‘Philistine’; who even now, to the general weariness, was dominantly pouring forth Philistinism (Philistriositäten).
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics II. xiii. i. 298 The Romanticists were..the sworn foes..of that low-minded, prosaic narrowness which Germany calls Philistinism.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. v. 157 Philistinism!—we have not the expression in English. Perhaps we have not the word because we have so much of the thing.
1899 Q. Rev. Apr. 438Philistinism’, after all, stands for two great habits, decency and order.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage l. 257 Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism.
1955 S. Spender Making of Poem i. 18 Functionalism is the philistinism of people who talk about a work of art as a ‘well-done job’ like any other piece of plumbing.
2000 Guardian 7 Sept. ii. 5/4 The dome was promptly exposed for what it actually was: a towering monument to British philistinism and gittishness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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