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.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Someone or something of low education or culture.
Kulturbanause
(uncountable)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
Examples
2 sentencesHe 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?
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
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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Forms
plural: lowbrowsSynonyms
3 synonyms- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits:philistineanti-intellectual
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable