highbrow

Still, his research revealed a fascinating throughline: the line between highbrow and lowbrow cuisine has always been blurry, and gelatin salads are a perfect case study.

Some literary types worried that TV and books were somehow at odds, that her tastes weren’t highbrow enough.

The notice came from a Seattle venue best known for being the home of our local ballet and opera companies, a place that generally programs highbrow acts.

It would be an irony worthy of Sondheim if, after a lifetime of being dismissed as too highbrow, his posthumous career suffered from commercial overexposure.

I never said my taste was all highbrow.