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单词 philistine
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Philistine

After all, he denounced as philistine all art that exhibited clear sympathies or broadcast explicit messages."Go home, you revolting little Philistine ," she said, turned on her heel and went through into Sister Declan's classroom.
(noun) 
Definition
a person who is hostile towards culture and the arts
The man's a total philistine when it comes to the arts.
Synonyms
boor
He was a braggart, a cynic and a boor.
barbarian
The visitors looked upon us all as barbarians.
yahoo
a typical City merchant banking yahoo
lout
a drunken lout
bourgeois
hoon (Australian, New Zealand)
ignoramus
I am an ignoramus regarding technical matters.
lowbrow
vulgarian
Goth
cougan (Australian, slang)
scozza (Australian, slang)
bogan (Australian, slang)
(adjective) 
Definition
boorishly uncultured
the country's philistine, consumerist mentality
Synonyms
uncultured
ignorant
They don't ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.
crass
They have behaved with crass insensitivity.
tasteless
bourgeois
uneducated
It looks amateurish to the uneducated eye.
boorish
the boorish behaviour of some players
unrefined
an unrefined boor
uncultivated
anti-intellectual
lowbrow
inartistic

Additional synonyms

in the sense of barbarian
Definition
a coarse or vicious person
The visitors looked upon us all as barbarians.
Synonyms
lout,
hooligan,
illiterate,
vandal,
yahoo,
bigot,
philistine,
ned (Scottish, slang),
hoon (Australian, New Zealand),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang),
ruffian,
ignoramus,
boor,
boot boy,
lowbrow,
vulgarian
in the sense of boorish
the boorish behaviour of some players
Synonyms
loutish,
gross,
crude,
rude,
hick (informal, US, Canadian),
coarse,
vulgar,
rustic,
barbaric,
churlish,
uneducated,
bearish,
uncouth,
unrefined,
uncivilized,
clownish,
oafish,
lubberly
in the sense of crass
Definition
stupid and insensitive
They have behaved with crass insensitivity.
Synonyms
insensitive,
stupid,
gross,
blundering,
dense,
coarse,
bovine,
witless,
boorish,
obtuse,
unrefined,
asinine,
indelicate,
oafish,
lumpish,
doltish

Nearby words of
philistine

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Synonyms of 'philistine'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of ignoramus
Definition
an ignorant person
I am an ignoramus regarding technical matters.
Synonyms
dunce,
fool,
ass,
donkey,
bonehead (slang),
duffer (informal),
simpleton,
dullard (old-fashioned),
dolt,
blockhead,
lowbrow,
putz (US, slang),
fathead (informal),
eejit (Scottish, Irish),
thicko (British, slang),
numpty (Scottish, informal),
doofus (slang, US),
numbskull or numskull,
dorba or dorb (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
in the sense of ignorant
Definition
lacking in knowledge or education
They don't ask questions for fear of appearing ignorant.
Synonyms
uneducated,
unaware,
naive,
green,
illiterate,
inexperienced,
innocent,
untrained,
unlearned,
unread,
untutored,
uncultivated,
wet behind the ears (informal),
unlettered,
untaught,
unknowledgeable,
uncomprehending,
unscholarly,
as green as grass,
benighted
in the sense of lout
Definition
a crude or oafish person
a drunken lout
Synonyms
oaf,
thug,
hooligan,
boor,
bear,
ned (Scottish, slang),
yahoo,
hoon (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
clod,
bumpkin,
gawk,
dolt,
churl,
lubber,
lummox (informal),
clumsy idiot,
yob or yobbo (British, slang),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
in the sense of uneducated
It looks amateurish to the uneducated eye.
Synonyms
uncultured,
philistine,
uncultivated,
vulgar,
benighted,
lowbrow
in the sense of unrefined
an unrefined boor
Synonyms
coarse,
unsophisticated,
uncultured,
rude,
vulgar,
boorish,
inelegant
in the sense of vulgarian
Definition
a vulgar person, usually one who is rich
Synonyms
upstart,
philistine,
nouveau riche,
boor,
parvenu,
arriviste,
churl
in the sense of yahoo
Definition
a crude, brutish, or obscenely coarse person
a typical City merchant banking yahoo
Synonyms
philistine,
savage,
lout,
beast,
barbarian,
brute,
rowdy,
hoon (Australian, New Zealand),
roughneck (slang),
boor,
churl,
yob or yobbo (British, slang),
cougan (Australian, slang),
scozza (Australian, slang),
bogan (Australian, slang)
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