Associations to the word «Philistinism»
Wiktionary
PHILISTINISM, noun. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
Dictionary definition
PHILISTINISM, noun. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.