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How to pronounce lowbrow in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms anti-intellectual, philistine
Type of pleb, plebeian
Type Words
Synonyms lowbrowed, uncultivated


lowbrow tastes.

Examples of lowbrow

lowbrow
The humour is broad and lowbrow in the manner of many catchphrase-based sitcoms.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He was a journalist before The Irish Times went lowbrow and colour supplementy.
From the guardian.co.uk
He moves between high and lowbrow, and he does it in a subtle and seamless way.
From the kentucky.com
Others said the discount grocery store would be too lowbrow for the upscale area.
From the courier-journal.com
I mean, how much tasteless humour and lowbrow pop culture can one person stand?
From the wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com
The result is this delicious meld of political sentiments with lowbrow comedy.
From the theepochtimes.com
It is interesting in a lowbrow way, because of Macau's ineradicable seediness.
From the theatlantic.com
Alistair's parents are caricatured embodiments of lowbrow, materialist Asia.
From the time.com
Lowbrow high jinks break out as various bumpkins and connivers try to help.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes"
  • Philistine: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
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  • Lowbrow, or lowbrow art , describes an underground visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles, California, area in the late 1970s. Lowbrow is a widespread populist art movement with origins in the underground comix world, punk music, hot-rod street culture, and other subcultures. ...
  • Someone or something of low education or culture; Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture
  • Not intelligent or cultured. The kind of entertainment provided by commercial broadcasting (see ITV), and enjoyed by the hoi polloi. It is the antithesis of the Club mentality.