Lowbrow Definition
lōbrou
lowbrowed
noun
A person regarded as having low or uncultivated tastes.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Uncultivated; vulgar.
American Heritage
Of or for a lowbrow.
Webster's New World
Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- uncultivated
- lowbrowed
Other Word Forms of Lowbrow
Noun
Singular:
lowbrow
Plural:
lowbrowsOrigin of Lowbrow
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From low and brow, Americanism, circa 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.
From Wiktionary
low (high)brow
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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