philistinism

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Noun
  • But my naivete and idiocy about what this was going to take was staggering to me just six months later.
    Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That’s off-the-scale stupidity.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So in the midst of poverty imposed by the American embargo and the frequent stupidity of their own government, Cubans struggle to eke out a life.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Philistinism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/philistinism. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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