Highbrow — Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, highbrow is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture. The word draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology, and… … Wikipedia
lowbrow — See highbrow. See highbrow, lowbrow … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
highbrow — See highbrow, lowbrow … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
Lowbrow (art movement) — Lowbrow, or lowbrow art [ [http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/lowbrow.htm The Birth of Lowbrow Art Answer dot Com] ] , describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s.… … Wikipedia
Lowbrow — Lowbrow, o arte Lowbrow,[1] es un término utilizado para describir un movimiento underground de arte visual que surgió en la zona de Los Angeles, California, a finales de la década de 1970. El Lowbrow es un movimiento artístico popular muy… … Wikipedia Español
highbrow — (n.) person of superior intellect and taste, 1902, back formation from high browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from HIGH (Cf. high) (adj.) + BROW (Cf. brow) (Cf. also LOWBROW (Cf. lowbrow)) … Etymology dictionary
highbrow — [[t]ha͟ɪbraʊ[/t]] highbrows 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that a book or discussion is highbrow, you mean that it is intellectual, academic, and is often difficult to understand. ...highbrow classical music... He presents his own highbrow literary… … English dictionary
Lowbrow — Demande de traduction Lowbrow (art movement) → … Wikipédia en Français
lowbrow — 1. adjective 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. 2. noun Someone or something of low … Wiktionary
highbrow — high|brow [ˈhaıbrau] adj 1.) a highbrow book, film etc is very serious and may be difficult to understand 2.) someone who is highbrow is interested in serious or complicated ideas and subjects = ↑intellectual >highbrow n →↑lowbrow, ↑middlebrow … Dictionary of contemporary English
