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philistinism
noun as in ignorance
noun as in nescience
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noun as in obliviousness
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noun as in unawareness
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noun as in unconsciousness
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noun as in unfamiliarity
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I am subject to these occasional outbreaks—these revolts against Philistinism.
To say that you do not like them is confession of your own philistinism.
For pure Philistinism I don't think I know any town that equals it.
A great deal of Tennyson is merely Philistinism made musical.
The standpoint of Ranke, whose history is detailed and in certain respects exhaustive, is that of general bourgeois Philistinism.
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On this page you'll find 220 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to philistinism, such as: illiteracy, nescience, benightedness, darkness, lack of education, and sciolism.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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