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philistinize

/ˈfɪlɪstɪnaɪz/

philistinizeverb

philistinized

Präteritum

philistinized

Partizip Perfekt

philistinizing

Gerundium

/ˈfɪlɪstɪnaɪz/

Übersetzungen

обуржуазиваться

He began to philistinize as he grew older, losing his youthful idealism.

Он начал обуржуазиваться с возрастом, теряя свой юношеский идеализм.

Definitionen

To cause (a person, group, or institution) to become philistine; to strip of or discourage intellectual or artistic values in favour of conventional or materialistic concerns.

Educational reforms threatened to philistinize the curriculum by cutting literature and art classes.

To become philistine in taste or outlook; to adopt materialistic or conventional attitudes at the expense of culture or intellect.

Some fear that society is steadily philistinizing as attention spans shorten.

Synonyme

dumb down