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LOWBROW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Synonyms:

anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lowbrow" is a kind of...):

pleb; plebeian (one of the common people)

Derivation:

lowbrow (characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes

Example:

lowbrow tastes

Synonyms:

lowbrow; lowbrowed; uncultivated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonintellectual (not intellectual)

Derivation:

lowbrow (a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits)

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