\Phi*lis"tin*ism\, n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class
called Philistines. See {Philistine}, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle.

      On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side
      of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind
      and spirit, unintelligence, -- this is Philistinism.
                                               --M. Arnold.