What is another word for philistia?

Pronunciation: [fˈɪlɪst͡ʃə] (IPA)

Philistia is a term used to describe a place or state of being characterized by a lack of culture, artistic appreciation, or refinement. Synonyms for this term include cultural ignorance, unrefined, unsophisticated, uncivilized, unenlightened, and lowbrow. Other alternatives to the word philistia include boorishness, vulgarity, barbarism, backwardness, and coarseness. These terms can be used to describe individuals or groups who do not appreciate or value art, literature, music, or other forms of cultural expression that are generally considered to be of significance. They can also describe a general attitude or atmosphere that is antithetical to intellectualism and refinement.

Synonyms for Philistia:

What are the hypernyms for Philistia?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    levant, near east, ancient near east, Middle Terra, Near Terra.

What are the holonyms for Philistia?

Holonyms are words that denote a whole whose part is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Philistia

He went up slowly in the early part of 331 by the traditional North Road through philistia and Palestine and round the head of the Syrian Hamad to Thapsacus on Euphrates, paying, on the way, a visit of precaution to Tyre, which had cost him so much toil and time a year before.
"The Ancient East"
D. G. Hogarth
It stirred up enough dust to change, though not to cleanse, the musty atmosphere of philistia.
"Prophets of Dissent Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy"
Otto Heller
Sloping down from the Judean hills toward the plain of philistia and the Mediterranean Sea is the Shefelah, or Lowlands, a section of Palestine, far-famed for its stretches of rich farm lands, vineyards and olive groves.
"Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile)"
Isaac Landman

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