Hyphenation of philistine

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word philistine? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of philistine:

1.	A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
2.	A member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
3.	Of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
4.	Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Synonyms of philistine:

adj	Philistine, inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller, geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
adj	anti-intellectual, nonintellectual
noun	lowbrow, plebeian, pleb
noun	Philistine, inhabitant, dweller, denizen, indweller

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.