a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
Originating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
The word "philistine" comes from the Hebrew term p'lishtím, which originally referred to a specific group of people. It entered English through Middle English and Old French forms that traced back to this ancient root.