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lowbrow
[loh-brou, loh-brou]
noun
a person who is uninterested, uninvolved, or uneducated in intellectual activities or pursuits.
adjective
being a lowbrow.
that lowbrow idiot.
of, relating to, or proper to a lowbrow.
lowbrow entertainment.
lowbrow
/ ˈəʊˌʊ /
noun
a person who has uncultivated or nonintellectual tastes
adjective
of or characteristic of such a person
lowbrow
Unsophisticated, uncultured, vulgar: “My blind date took me to a mud-wrestling match. a lowbrow evening!”
Other Word Forms
- ˈǷˌǷɾ noun
- lowbrowism noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
The very name conjures images of sweltering summer picnics, soggy sandwiches and a kind of lowbrow indulgence we don’t like to admit we enjoy.
They need to separate their critiques of Trump’s cartoonish appeals to hyper-masculinity from the right’s more foundational strategy to align itself with ‘lowbrow’ media genres and their audiences.
And anything associated with children’s media is all kind of suctioned into this idea of being lowbrow.
The chairs are among many quirky personal touches they’ve added to the space — books, photography from their work at The Times, lots of junk food — that, like the show, blend a highbrow and lowbrow aesthetic.
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