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Meanings of highbrow in English

Highly cultured or educated.

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Noun, or adjective, synonymous with intellectual, and, as an adjective, a term also synonymous with elite, or generally carrying a connotation of high culture.

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Usage of highbrow in English
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Of course, we prefer the more highbrow approach to Labor Day celebrations.
Wired
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Away from the set, however, he producer's taste was rather more highbrow.
The Guardian
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This combination of highbrow and kitsch is not theirs alone, of course.
The Guardian
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In today's context Fred Michel was the German, Adam Smith the highbrow.
The Guardian
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And in a lot of ways, it wasn't highbrow enough for her.
Sisters
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In recent decades, however, watching highbrow films has become a more rarefied pastime.
The Irish Times
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But even in the highbrow the educated appreciation of humour is there-awaydown.
My Discovery of England
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It was more of a highbrow sort of thing, she said.
What alice knew: a most curious tale of henry james & jack the r...
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Now they appear to be considered fashionable, ironic, entertaining or even aesthetically highbrow.
The Guardian
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Well, if the highbrow does not have life's secret, perhaps the lowbrow has.
Three philosophies of life
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Not a highbrow adventure, it is not to be judged by highbrow standards.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917
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Oh, I can see you're a highbrow, like all the rest of them.
Tutors' Lane
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If that's highbrow drama, give me a cow-puncher movie, every time!
Main Street
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Murdoch's newspapers include the highbrow Journal as well as the racy New York Post.
Reuters
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But the patina of pseudo-highbrow quality continues to divert voters.
The Irish Times
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And she'd die of culture in the mater's highbrow establishment.
The Red Planet
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