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lowbrow

noun

  1. 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
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adjective

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Wiktionary

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.

  1. 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.

  1. Someone or something of low education or culture.
  2. An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.