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филисти́млянин — meaning in English

filistimlyanin

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English meaning

  • philistine noun A person seen as indifferent or hostile to art, literature, and culture, and who has conventional or unrefined tastes.

Senses

филисти́млянин is used for these senses in English:

  • Philistine (historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.

philistine — full definition

  1. noun A person seen as indifferent or hostile to art, literature, and culture, and who has conventional or unrefined tastes.
  2. adjective Showing no interest in or appreciation of art and culture.

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