| Philistinism |
| materialism | (n) a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters, Syn. philistinism |
| Philistinism | n. The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [ Recent ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ] On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence, -- this is Philistinism. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Spießbürgertum { n } | philistinism [Add to Longdo] |
| 俗物根性 | [ぞくぶつこんじょう, zokubutsukonjou] (n, adj-no) snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature (disposition) [Add to Longdo] |
