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lowbrow

[loh-brou, loh-brou] / ˈloʊˌbraʊ, ˈloʊˈbraʊ /






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Highbrow or lowbrow, we have gathered here to serve humanity’s darkest impulses.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Beyond the lowbrow perception of buying wine at a bulk retailer, wineries risk alienating loyal customers if their bottles sell for less than they offer them at the vineyards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

As Bucefalo, baritone Armando Contreras winningly overplayed the virtuoso farce, which was neither too lowbrow nor too highbrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024

The beverage — which, as reported by Ian Douglass at Mel Magazine, borrows its name from a common term for Appalachian moonshine — tends to be culturally derided as lowbrow or gamer fuel.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2023

Eliminating those unfamiliar with the Stooges’ slapstick, physical, lowbrow comedy, I found that an overwhelming 8 percent of my sample admitted to such an indulgence.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos