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Phil·is·tine   
n.

1. A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century B.C.
   
2. 
   
   
   
   1. A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values.
      
   2. One who lacks knowledge in a specific area.

adj.

1. Of or relating to ancient Philistia.
   
2. often philistine Boorish; barbarous: “our plastic, violent culture, with its philistine tastes and hunger for novelty” (Lloyd Rose).