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Recent Examples of philistinism
Fascism lives in the upside-down; professional gaslighting features heavily amongst its weaponry, along with the blinking philistinism of the soulless.
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Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
Despite such official philistinism, Proust had already left an enduring mark on Irish letters and would remain a source of literary inspiration for the nation’s writers into the twenty-first century.
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Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 June 2026
Despite such official philistinism, Proust had already left an enduring mark on Irish letters and would remain a source of literary inspiration for the nation’s writers into the twenty-first century.
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Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for philistinism
Noun
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That’s the level of idiocy in the Los Angeles city government.
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The idiocy of these people knows no bounds.
Noun
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When Constanze reaches her breaking point, Mozart’s imbecility is exposed as fragility.
Noun
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The first 10 minutes are an incredible swirl of paranoia, alcoholism, and sluggish dumbness when Gould just needs to feed his cat.
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Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.
Noun
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Which again, highlights the stupidity of allowing these exceptions in the first place.
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Final negotiations on ‘Peace’ are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.
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There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.
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The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
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“Philistinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philistinism. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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