philistine
Scorner of art
A philistine is someone indifferent or hostile to art, culture, and intellectual pursuits—a person who values material comfort over aesthetic or spiritual matters.
The word carries contempt: Don't be such a philistine; it's a masterpiece.
A philistine dismisses what they don't understand as pretentious or useless.
The adjective describes such attitudes: philistine tastes, philistine disdain for poetry. (Capitalized Philistine refers to the ancient people.)
Crudely ill-mannered
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- uncouthLacking good manners
- coarseRough in texture
unrefined · lowbrow · tasteless · unsophisticated · gauche · unpolished · inelegant · ill-bred
Intolerant of differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- insularNarrow in outlook
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
- closed-mindedUnreceptive to new ideas
limited · blinkered · conventional · conformist · unimaginative · hidebound · intolerant · prejudiced
Focused on acquiring goods
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
- money-grubbingObsessively seeking wealth
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
commercial · mercenary · superficial · shallow · bourgeois · soulless · utilitarian · commodified
Not showing gratitude
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- scornfulShowing open contempt
- disdainfulShowing open contempt
hostile · antagonistic · opposed · resistant · unreceptive · oblivious · blind · deaf
boorish
Crudely ill-mannered
coarse · unrefined · lowbrow · tasteless · unsophisticated · gauche · unpolished · inelegant · ill-bred · crude
narrow-minded
Intolerant of differing views
- parochialNarrow in perspective
- insularNarrow in outlook
- small-mindedLacking breadth of thought
closed-minded · limited · blinkered · conventional · conformist · unimaginative · hidebound · intolerant · prejudiced · bigoted
consumerist
Focused on acquiring goods
- acquisitiveDesiring material gain
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
- money-grubbingObsessively seeking wealth
worldly · commercial · mercenary · superficial · shallow · bourgeois · soulless · utilitarian · commodified · crass
unappreciative
Not showing gratitude
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- contemptuousShowing open disrespect
- scornfulShowing open contempt
disdainful · hostile · antagonistic · opposed · resistant · unreceptive · oblivious · blind · deaf · impervious
- unrefinedcrude, coarse, rough, unpolished, uncouth
- old insultsknave, varlet, scoundrel, rogue, blackguard
- boorsboor, lout, oaf, churl, vulgarian
- class labelsaristocrat, beggar, bourgeois, commoner, elite
- bourgeois fictionbourgeoisie, bourgeois values, social realism, class distinctions, middle class
philistineaesthete
Lover of the beautiful
connoisseur · art lover · cognoscente · cultured · sophisticate
philistinesophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
cultured · sophisticated · refined · cosmopolitan · worldly