Толковый словарь английского языка - philistine
Philistine
philistine
noun Date: 14th century a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia, 2. often not capitalized a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values, one uninformed in a special area of knowledge, philistine adjective, often capitalized philistinism noun, often capitalized
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a member of a people opposing the Israelites in ancient Palestine. 2 (usu. philistine) a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture, or one whose interests or tastes are commonplace or material. --adj. hostile or indifferent to culture, commonplace, prosaic. Derivatives philistinism n. Etymology: ME f. F Philistin or LL Philistinus f. Gk Philistinos = Palaistinos f. Heb. pelist{icirc} ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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