philistine

/FIL-ih-steen/noun

a person hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts

Only a philistine tours the museum at a jog.
Synonyms
boor, barbarian, lowbrow
Antonyms
aesthete, connoisseur
Memory hook
Philistine: the arts' proverbial enemy camp.

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