Philistines

Q: What is a synonym for "philistines"?

Common synonyms include: anal character, anti intellectual, anti-intellectual, anti-intellectual, arriviste, babbitt.

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1
plural of Philistine form-of, plural
2
plural of philistine form-of, plural

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anal character anti intellectual anti-intellectual anti-intellectual arriviste babbitt

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"And he digged again other wells, which the servants of his father, Abraham, had digged, and which, after his death, the Philistines had of old stopped up: and he called them by the same names, by which his father before had called them."

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