DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
philistine
/'fɪlɪ,staɪn/ · fɪlɪstaɪn
Philistine has 3 syllables: phil · is · tine.
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is
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tine
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noun. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.
adjective. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
noun. A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC.
Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people.
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