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PHILISTINISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does philistinism mean?
• PHILISTINISM (noun)
The noun PHILISTINISM has 1 sense:
1. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Familiarity information: PHILISTINISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
materialism; philistinism
Hypernyms ("philistinism" is a kind of...):
desire (something that is desired)
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