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n. - A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits adj. - Characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes.

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  • lowbrow tastes
  • Is there nobody who likes both T.S. Eliot and and "lowbrow" fiction?
  • Hence, "lowbrow" is often considered synonymous with mass appeal: bestsellers, platinum albums, blockbuster films.
  • The we've got Jon Kyle saying that Obama's speech was "lowbrow".
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