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philistine

phi.lis.tine \'fil-*-.ste-n; f*-'lis-t*n, -.te-n; 'fil-*-st*n\ \-.iz-*m\ n 
   cap  1: a native or ingabitant of ancient Philistia  often cap  2a: a crass 
   prosaic often priggish individual guided by material rather tha n 
   intellectual or artistic values : BABBITT 2b: one uninformed in a special 
   area of knowledge  - philistine aj