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单词 highbrowism
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highbrow

noun

high·​brow ˈhī-ˌbrau̇ How to pronounce highbrow (audio)
: a person who possesses or has pretensions to superior learning or culture
highbrow adjective
highbrowed
ˈhī-ˌbrau̇d How to pronounce highbrow (audio)
adjective
highbrowism
ˈhī-ˌbrau̇-ˌi-zəm How to pronounce highbrow (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • double-dome
  • geek
  • intellectual
  • intellectualist
  • longhair
  • nerd
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Example Sentences

guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry
Recent Examples on the Web This greatly irked highbrow critics like Virgil Thomson of The New York Herald Tribune. New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022 With Penguin Classics’ editions of Marvel superhero comics featuring Captain America and Black Panther, an American genre goes for highbrow recognition. Jeremy Dauber, The Atlantic, 27 July 2022 This push-pull between highbrow cuisine and down-and-dirty cooking, between the old ways and the new ones, comes at a particularly complicated moment in the history of food culture. Alicia Kennedy, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2022 The ideas in Hamaguchi’s stories develop emotions — the specter of loneliness — rather than meander toward quizzical, highbrow pathos. Armond White, National Review, 29 Apr. 2022 There are more cynical interpretations of the rise of highbrow science or speculative fiction. Katie Roiphe, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022 While the slow-burning western psychodrama has sturdy cross-branch support from disparate ends of the Academy, many forecasters have noted that its highbrow appeal might not be enough to sustain the swell of passion building for other titles. Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022 And yet, Apple seems perfectly content with its current approach: methodically building a platform with really good highbrow movies and TV. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022 This too primed him for an age when comics went highbrow and genre began to infuse literature. Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

highbrow

noun

high·​brow ˈhī-ˌbrau̇ How to pronounce highbrow (audio)
: a person of great learning or culture

highbrowism

noun

as in gray matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • gray matter
  • eggheadedness
  • intellectualism
  • mentality
  • common sense
  • intelligence
  • brain
  • sense
  • intellect
  • brilliance
  • smarts
  • horse sense
  • intellectuality
  • perception
  • mother wit
  • brainpower
  • perspicacity
  • judgment
  • reason
  • headpiece
  • insight
  • alertness
  • acumen
  • astuteness
  • discriminability
  • talent
  • apprehension
  • discernment
  • percipience
  • braininess
  • judgement
  • wisdom
  • aptitude
  • wit
  • skull
  • sapience
  • sagacity
  • mind
  • head

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • density
  • dullness
  • idiocy
  • slowness
  • doltishness
  • dumbness
  • stupidity
  • dulness
  • feeblemindedness
  • half-wittedness
  • foolishness
  • imbecility
  • fatuity
  • denseness
  • senselessness
  • simpleness
  • dopiness
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