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PHILISTINISM
PHILISTINISM
Phi
*
lis
"
tin
*
ism,
n.
Defn:
The
condition,
character,
aims,
and
habits
of
the
class
called
Philistines.
See
Philistine,
3. [
Recent
]
Carlyle.
On
the
side
of
beauty
and
taste,
vulgarity;
on
the
side
of
morals
and
feeling,
coarseness;
on
the
side
of
mind
and
spirit,
unintelligence,
--
this
is
Philistinism.
M.
Arnold.
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