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Philistinism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Philistinism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

2

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
desire
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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