philistinism

Stardust has been added to the protests by the intervention of Philip Pullman, the novelist and former schoolteacher, whose impassioned speech against the "philistinism" of the proposed closures has circulated widely on the net.

A Debate Over Books and Sequestered Nooks Sam Leith 2011

Although he professed an INTELLECTUAL appreciation for the ideals of the French REVOLUTION, he was shocked by DEMOCRACY in America and propounded a sophisticated snobbery in the guise of an attack on the "philistinism" of the English middle classes.

Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

With great exasperation and often depression he expressed little hope that his country would ever emerge out of its "philistinism" and embrace "rational" ideas such as he propagated.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt Tr 1888

With great exasperation and often depression he expressed little hope that his country would ever emerge out of its "philistinism" and embrace "rational" ideas such as he propagated.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt Tr 1888

The story no longer affected either of them, and to worry oneself about it was mere "philistinism," a favourite term with

The Crown of Life George Gissing 1880

With great exasperation and often depression he expressed little hope that his country would ever emerge out of its "philistinism" and embrace "rational" ideas such as he propagated.

Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2 Richard Wagner 1848

In the happy time when the fate of this particular building was still uncertain, with English Heritage describing it as a "spike through the heart of historic London", and most of the public saying they were against very tall buildings, its supporters deftly aligned critics with the Prince Charles school of Toytown philistinism.

Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011

Translator William Radice thinks that Tagore's willingness to tackle the big questions, heart on sleeve, has made him vulnerable to "philistinism or contempt".

Rabindranath Tagore was a global phenomenon, so why is he so neglected? | Ian Jack 2011

But even without a spending pledge, Sarkozy's self-created reputation for vigorous philistinism was, for a long time, a gift to anyone who had ever read a cereal packet.

Why do we sneer at Sarko for trying to improve himself? | Catherine Bennett 2011

In the happy time when the fate of this particular building was still uncertain, with English Heritage describing it as a "spike through the heart of historic London", and most of the public saying they were against very tall buildings, its supporters deftly aligned critics with the Prince Charles school of Toytown philistinism.

Will no one halt the vandalising of London's skyline? | Catherine Bennett 2011