Philistine
(noun)
- A person who is indifferent or actively hostile to culture and the arts.
- A person who is guided by materialism and is indifferent to or actively hostile toward intellectual or spiritual values.
- A person who is neither interested in nor capable of understanding intellectual or artistic matters.
Origin:
From greek φιλισταί (philistai), from φίλος (philos, "loving") + -ιστής (-istēs, "-ist"), meaning "lover of wisdom".
Examples:
- He had become a bitter enemy of the Philistines and their culture.
- It is a shame that people with such a philistine attitude are in charge of the country's cultural heritage.
- The society is full of Philistines who have no appreciation for the finer things in life.
- He was a typical philistine, with no interest in art or literature.
- The Philistines, who were renowned for their materialism, had no interest in the arts.