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philistinism

/ˈfɪlɪstɪnɪz(ə)m/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈfɪlɪstɪnɪz(ə)m/
philistinism
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5 syllables
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phi - lis - ti - nism -> philistinism

Myanmar meaning

(n) အနုပညာကင်းမဲ့မူ။ မြတ်နိုးသော။

Full entry

philistine /'fÇlÇstaÇn; US -sti:n/ n

(derog ) အနုပညာကို မလေ့လာဘဲ၊ နားမလည်ဘဲ မလိုမုန်းထားသူ။ အနုပညာနှင့် ဒုံးဝေးသူ။ He dismissed critics of his work as philistines.
adj (derog ) အနုပညာနားမလည်သော။ a philistine attitude.
❏ philistinism /-tÇnÇzǝm/ n [U] (derog ) အနုပညာကင်းမဲ့မှူ။ the philistinism of the popular press.

Synonyms
barbarian, barbarous, bear, boob, boor, boorish, brute, buffoon, cad, chuff, churl, dork, goon, lout, oaf, peasant, rube, uncultured, uninformed, unsophisticated, untutored, vulgarian, yahoo
Antonyms
aesthete, cultured, gentleman
Cross references
barbarianbarbarousbearboobboorboorishbrutebuffooncadchuffchurldorkgoonloutoafpeasantrubeuncultureduninformedunsophisticateduntutoredvulgarianyahooaestheteculturedgentlemanattitudehis
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