philistine

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

2. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Similar word(s): nonintellectual

noun

1. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Similar word(s): lowbrow

Definition categories: person, pleb, plebeian

2. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

Definition categories: person, denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant