philistinism

English

Etymology

philistine +‎ -ism

Noun

philistinism (countable and uncountable, plural philistinisms)

1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

Translations

philistinism

• Finnish: filistealaisuus
• French: béotisme (fr) m
• German: Banausentum n, Banausie f, Philisterei f, Spießbürgertum n
• Polish: mieszczaństwo (pl) n
• Russian: меща́нство (ru) n (meščánstvo), фили́стерство (ru) n (filísterstvo)
• Volapük: filist (vo)