Philistinism is the attitude or habit of people who do not like or understand art, literature, music, and so on — or who look down on those things as a waste of time. It names the outlook, not the person.

Philistinismphilistinism(庸俗作風) is the attitude or habit指的是一種態度或習慣 of people who do not like or understand art, literature, music, and so on是那些不喜歡或不懂藝術、文學、音樂之類東西的人 — or who look down on those things as a waste of time或是把這些東西看成浪費時間、瞧不起它們的人. It名它 names the outlook指的是這種外在的態度 not the person而不是那個人本身

(The person is a philistine; philistinism is what they show.) You meet it in fairly formal or critical writing: someone might complain of ‘the philistinism of the age’ when they feel a whole culture has gone cheap and anti-art.

(The person那個人 is a philistine叫做philistine philistinism而philistinism is what they show就是他們表現出來的東西.) You meet it你會看到它 in fairly formal or critical writing在相當正式或帶批評性的文章裡: someone might complain of有人可能會抱怨 ‘the philistinism of the age’「這個時代的philistinism」 when they feel當他們覺得 a whole culture has gone cheap and anti-art整個文化都變得廉價、反藝術

It is not a street word; in ordinary talk you would just say they have no taste, or they don’t care about art. It is simply philistine plus -ism, the usual ending for an attitude or practice.

It is not a street word它不是街頭用語 in ordinary talk平常講話 you would just say你只會說 they have no taste他們沒有品味 or they don’t care about art或他們不在乎藝術. It is simply它就是 philistine plus -ismphilistine加上-ism the usual ending這是常見的字尾 for an attitude or practice用來表達一種態度或作風