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philistine phil·is·tine [fil-uh-steen, -stahyn, fi-lis-tin, -teen] Show IPA noun 1. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes. 2. ( initial capital letter ) a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia. Relevant Questions Who Are the Philistines ... Who Is A Philistine? Who Were The Philistines... Who Were The Philistines... adjective 3. ( sometimes initial capital letter ) lacking in or hostile to culture. 4. smugly commonplace or conventional. 5. ( initial capital letter ) of or belonging to the ancient Philistines. 00:05 Philistine is always a great word to know. So is gobo. Does it mean: a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO... Origin: 1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Philistīnī (plural) < Late Greek Philistînoi < Hebrew pəlishtīm Related forms phil·is·tin·ism [fil-uh-stee-niz-uhm, -stahy-, fi-lis-tuh-niz-uhm, -tee-] Show IPA, noun Synonyms 1. Babbitt, vulgarian. 3. lowbrow. Collins World English Dictionary Philistine (ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn) — n 1. a person who is unreceptive to or hostile towards culture, the arts, etc; a smug boorish person 2. a member of the non-Semitic people who inhabited ancient Philistia — adj 3. ( sometimes not capital ) boorishly uncultured 4. of or relating to the ancient Philistines Philistinism — n __________________________________________________________ I heard the term "philistine" quite a bit when i lived in the UK. They mean it as crude and 'low brow'....i.e. ignorant.