Associations to the word «Philistinism»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PHILISTINISM, noun. A desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King