The story no longer affected either of them, and to worry oneself about it was mere "philistinism," a favourite term with. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Life] Reference
This is not the philistinism of an English empiricist. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: On Violence] Reference
Thoughts on "conspiracy theory or blinkered philistinism". From Wordnik.com. [[conspiracy theory] or blinkered philistinism] Reference
If this be philistinism on my part, then make the most of it. From Wordnik.com. [Look at two Sargents ...] Reference
At once you are covered with reproaches for your philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Humanly Speaking] Reference
Essop Pahad, to the anti-intellectual philistinism of his brother. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
With Jews, philistinism flourishes in direct proportion to Orthodoxy. From Wordnik.com. [Kalooki Nights] Reference
It is a stance that finally permits the most arrant philistinism to flourish. From Wordnik.com. [Digging James] Reference
Classic trumpeting can be a refuge for philistinism or nationalistic indolence. From Wordnik.com. [Revealing] Reference
Ireland also happened to be a bastion of Jansenism and liturgical philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [The Situation of the Classical Roman Rite in Ireland, two years after Summorum Pontificum] Reference
Right or wrong, to hold this view is not an expression of cultural philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [I.F. Stone's Socrates] Reference
In part it was their native philistinism: it is always high art which annoys them. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-01-01] Reference
True, but it also happened to be a bastion of Jansenism and liturgical philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [The Situation of the Classical Roman Rite in Ireland, two years after Summorum Pontificum] Reference
New Labour is no stranger to philistinism, but this really would be an appalling legacy. From Wordnik.com. [Are Universities the Victims of Mandelson's Mega-Empire?] Reference
And the philistinism of the Libertas crew was in danger of becoming conventional wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-02-01] Reference
O'Brien was deeply disillusioned by the philistinism of the official nationalist culture. From Wordnik.com. [Oblomov in Dublin] Reference
Kristol berated businessmen for their "indifference to culture" and "their placid philistinism.". From Wordnik.com. [An Anti-Intellectual Intellectual] Reference
Such crass wilful ignorance and philistinism is truly breathtaking and deserves little attention. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Now the novice's authority is such that all academe must submit to his unapologetic philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Why are we letting business big shots alter our society?] Reference
The burning of beautiful, 1000-year old churches — an act of purest, despicable philistinism…. From Wordnik.com. [A Movie Version Of Lords Of Chaos? | ATTACKERMAN] Reference
Read "Down with 21st century philistinism" and then get a copy of Frank Furedi's Where Have All the Intellectuals Gone?. From Wordnik.com. [Dumbed down] Reference
Colleagues accused Mr. Jacoby of philistinism, and suggested he was ignoring some up-and-coming stars of literary theory. From Wordnik.com. [Informed Reader] Reference
If you were inclined to celebrate things that were here, you were often up against an entrenched attitude of philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Prelude to the Afternoon of a Moose] Reference
It is rife with superstition, prejudice, conspicuous religiosity, intolerance, philistinism, and lack of social solidarity. From Wordnik.com. [America the Narcissist] Reference
But to mock and jeer at Plato's ideas as "stratospheric nonsense" and worse is certainly to be guilty of cultural philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [I.F. Stone's Socrates] Reference
I read it yesterday in a matter of hours and found it a little comic gem, but also an astute satire into the roots of philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Queens and Curses « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
The latter represented freedom and cleverness at war with philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
Provincialism is the soil in which philistinism grows most rapidly and widely. From Wordnik.com. [Books and Culture] Reference
Many academics would lay the blame for this on the philistinism of politicians. From Wordnik.com. [New Statesman] Reference
The incarnate ideal of British philistinism is sure to have a career before him. '. From Wordnik.com. [Thyrza] Reference
He was so determined not to be taken in he became a byword for American philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
I know Americans of culture, know and love them; but I feel them to be lost in the sea of philistinism. From Wordnik.com. [Appearances Being Notes of Travel] Reference
Very slightly original; just enough to mark a protest against the philistinism of the overfed taskmasters of the poor. From Wordnik.com. [A Set of Six] Reference
The most learned scholar reveals all the philistinism and prejudice of the man-on-the-curbstone when mores are in discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
It underwrote philistinism towards novelty and 'mystagogy towards institutions' - the known and tested structures bequeathed by past times. From Wordnik.com. [open Democracy News Analysis - Comments] Reference
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