Philistine (noun)

  1. A person who is indifferent or actively hostile to culture and the arts.
  2. A person who is guided by materialism and is indifferent to or actively hostile toward intellectual or spiritual values.
  3. 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:

  1. He had become a bitter enemy of the Philistines and their culture.
  2. It is a shame that people with such a philistine attitude are in charge of the country's cultural heritage.
  3. The society is full of Philistines who have no appreciation for the finer things in life.
  4. He was a typical philistine, with no interest in art or literature.
  5. The Philistines, who were renowned for their materialism, had no interest in the arts.
Some random words: ordeal, stupefy, deflection