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实利主义;庸俗
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Philistinism \Phi*lis"tin*ism\, n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class
called Philistines. See {Philistine}, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle.
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
philistinism
n : a desire for wealth and material possessions with little
interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn: {materialism}]