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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters;
[syn: materialism, philistinism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Philistinism \Phi*lis"tin*ism\, 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

philistinism n 1: a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn: materialism, philistinism]