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PHILISTINE, N. One Whose Mind Is The Creature Of Its Environment, Following The Fashion In Thought, Feeling And Sentiment.
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PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment,
following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is
sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always
solemn.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Related:
SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
ANTIPATHY, n. The sentiment inspired by one's friend's friend.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
PREFERENCE, n. A sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous belief that one thing is better than another.
An ancient philosopher, expounding his conviction that life is no better than death, was asked by a disciple why, then, he did not die....
BABE or BABY, n. A misshapen creature of no particular age
ex, or condition, chiefly remarkable for the violence of the sympathies and antipathies it excites in others, itself without sentiment or emotion....
WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom noted
what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke." -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
SCRIBBLER, n. A professional writer whose views are antagonistic to one's own.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Hatred, n.: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...