Tom is a philistine.
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Philistine
/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
Synonyms for "philistine" (176 found)
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compulsive characterconformerconformistconventionalistcrassdeceiveddullearthlyearthyepicierflintyformalistfunctionally illiterategeneralgothicgrammarlessgroundlingguttersnipehardhardened
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hardheartedheathenhigh-camphomelyhomespunhoodwinkedhooliganignoramusill-bred fellowill-educatedilliterateimperviousinduratedinsensitiveinuredkitschyled astrayloobyloutlow fellowlow-camplowbrowmaterialmaterialistmaterialisticmethodologistmiddle americanmiddle-class type
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middlebrowmisinformedmisinstructedmistaughtmodel childmuckermundanenarrow-mindednonintellectualnouveau richeordinaryorganization manpachydermatouspaganparrotparvenupeasantpedantperfectionistplastic person
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plebeianpoppopularprecisianprecisianistprofaneproof againstprosaicpublicribaldroughroughneckrowdyruderuffiansecularsheepsquaresteeledsteeled againststeelystonytastelessteenyboppertemporalterrestrialthick skinnedthick-skinnedtrimmerunbookedunbookishunbooklearnedunbriefeduncivilizeduncultivatedunculturedunedifieduneducatedunenlighteneduneruditeunguideduninstructedunintellectualunlearnedunletteredunliteraryunreadunrefinedunscholarlyunschooledunspiritualunstudiousuntaughtuntutoredupstartvernacularvulgarianvulgaristworldlyyahooyes manyes-manyokel
Noun(5 words)
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10 entriesacademic philistinecultural philistinephilistine attitudephilistine culturephilistine perspectivephilistine sensibilitiesphilistine tastephilistine valuesphilistinismurban philistine
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Philistine territory was divided into the territory of the five cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Askalon, Gath, and Ekron, the so-called Philistine Pentapolis.
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Then the lords of the Philiſtines gathered them together, for to offer a great ſacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce; for they ſaid, Our god hath deliuered Samſon our enemy into our hand.
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Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
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