lowbrow
Someone or something of low education or cultureSomeone or something of low education or culture.
» He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.
Значение
значений: 2(исчисляемое)Someone or something of low education or culture.
Kulturbanause
(неисчисляемое)An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.
- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Примеры
предложений: 2He may have lowbrow tastes but at least he's not snooty and conceited.
Can you eat chicken-fried steak, or is that too lowbrow for your refined palate?
Переводы
языков: 2По значениям 1
Происхождение
A bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 1902. RefersA bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 1902. Refers to the (by that time discredited) pseudoscience of phrenology, which suggested that a person of low intelligence and sophistication would possess a lower brow-line than someone of greater intelligence and sophistication.
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Формы
мн. число: lowbrowsСинонимы
синонимов: 3- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits:philistineanti-intellectual
Антонимы
антонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 3Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым