Materialistic in outlook; uncultured.

ETYM Latin Philistinus, Hebrew Phlishthî, pl. Phlishthîm.
A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits; SYN. lowbrow.

Member of a seafaring people of non-Semitic origin who founded city-states on the Palestinian coastal plain in the 12th century bc, adopting a Semitic language and religion.
At war with the Israelites in the 11th��10th centuries bc, they were largely absorbed into the kingdom of Israel under King David, about 1000 bc, and later came under Assyrian rule.
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine.
2. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to selfish and material interests.