Lowbrow Definition

lōbrou
lowbrowed
noun
A person regarded as having low or uncultivated tastes.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Uncultivated; vulgar.
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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.
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Noun

Singular:
lowbrow
Plural:
lowbrows

Origin of Lowbrow

  • 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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