Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philistinism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: philis-tin-ism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism."

Etymology

Etymology tree English philistine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English philistinism From philistine + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

philistinisms (plural)

Synonyms

materialism

Questions

What does philistinism mean?: A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.
Where does philistinism come from?: Etymology tree English philistine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English philistinism From philistine + -ism.

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