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[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: Philistine; because the Philistines were thought by the Israelites in the Bible to be uncivilized people]
someone who does not like or understand art, literature, music etc
::When it comes to art, the man's a philistine.
-- philistine adj
-- philistinism n [U]