lowbrow
noun
- derogatory term (noun, or adjective) synonymous with something relating to, or suitable for low-culture products or for a person with little taste or intellectual interest
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈloʊbɹaʊ/ / /ˈləʊbɹaʊ/
adj
Etymology: A 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.
- 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.”
noun
Etymology: A 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.
- Someone or something of low education or culture.
- An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.