Someone who doesn't care about books and interesting films and things. No culture. .
"This all-inclusive resort is full of philistines. In the yoga class, no one can even touch their toes.
A term used to describe an overly aggressive and simple person.
Person#1:NO, FORTNITE IS A GOOD GAME!
Person#2: Quiet down, you philistine.
Person#1:AGHHHGHAHHAHAH
a) a slug
b) someone that hates/doesn't understand physics
Manuel: the centripetal force is pushing me against this wall.
Mr. Soustek: What a philistine. Now you can never shoplift using a Faraday cage.
someone who doesn't care about books and interesting films and things
Your mother's brother Ned is also a philistine.
A smugly ignorant person with no appreciation of intellectual or artistic matters.
The creationist christian VenomFangX on Youtube is a great example of a philistine.
1.A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century B.C.
2. Anyone that is considered "uncultured" by the educated elite
Homer Simpson is a philistine