lowbrow

== English == === Alternative forms === low-brow === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊbɹaʊ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊbɹaʊ/ === Adjective === lowbrow (comparative more lowbrow, superlative most lowbrow) Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === lowbrow (countable and uncountable, plural lowbrows) (countable) Someone or something of low education or culture. (uncountable, art) An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc. ==== Synonyms ==== See Thesaurus:idiot ==== Antonyms ==== highbrow ==== Related terms ==== highbrow middlebrow no-brow ==== Translations ==== === References === ESC, 2003. Re:highbrow, middlebrow, lowbrow, The Phrase finder. Robert Hendrickson, 1997. Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins (New York: Facts on File)