lowbrow

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lowbrow

/ˈloʊbɹaʊ/ US
/ˈləʊbɹaʊ/ UK

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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.

adjective more lowbrow · most lowbrow · low-brow

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 lowbrows · low-brow

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

Similar: idiot · Opposite: highbrow

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noun

Similar: idiot · Opposite: highbrow

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adj unsophisticated

Français	bas de plafond
Deutsch	niveaulos, ungebildet, banausisch
Русский	низкопро́бный nizkopróbnyj, низкосо́ртный nizkosórtnyj, по́шлый póšlyj

noun Someone of low culture

Deutsch	Kulturbanause

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@misc{lowbrow_2026,
  title = {lowbrow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lowbrow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}