n. [ L. Philistinus, Heb. Phlishthī, pl. Phlishthīm. ]
a.
n. The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [ Recent ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence, -- this is Philistinism. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]