The Only Use of
philistine
in
Catch-22
- 'He mashed hundreds of cakes of GI soap into the sweet potatoes just to show that people have the taste of Philistines and don't know the difference between good and bad.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(philistine) a person who is uninterested in artistic and intellectual pursuits and values
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
As a proper noun, Philistines were a people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC (now the coast of Israel).