philistinism in English

noun

['phi·lis·tin·ism || 'fɪlɪstɪnɪzm]

materialism, preoccupation with material matters; belief that physical comfort is the highest value; desire for wealth and material matters having little interest in moral or spiritual matters

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1. Their libertarianism was more aesthetic than political, an Assertionof personal autonomy against repressive philistinism.

2. Breakdancing is a term spawned from the loins of the media’s philistinism, socialism, and naiveté at that time.

3. It was the English part of her nature, fighting for a show of philistinism Amidst so much that was the very reverse

4. Bumblingness - clownishness - indiscretion - lubberliness - philistinism - uglification - uncomeliness - ungainliness - unloveliness - unprettiness - unseemliness - unwieldiness 13 letter words DISFIGUREMENT - GRACELESSNESS - HAM-HANDEDNESS - INCORRECTNESS - MALADROITNESS - PONDEROUSNESS - SHAPELESSNESS - TASTELESSNESS - …

5. But ignorantly, and apparently uncaringly, to sacrifice this jewel of Wales' heritage for the sake of a few extra quid is an act of Crass philistinism.

6. Antiphrasis - Benightment - brutishness - ill breeding - impropriety - malapropism - pompousness - poor diction - stiltedness - uncouthness 12 letter words cumbrousness - impoliteness - inconcinnity - lack of finish - lack of polish - philistinism - troglodytism - unrefinement - unseemliness - …