philistinism

English

Etymology

From philistine +‎ -ism.

Noun

philistinism (countable and uncountable, plural philistinisms)

  1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.
    • 2010 February 5, Mike Marqusee, “Flamenco's humane roots”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.

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