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lowbrow

/ˌloʊˈbraʊ/
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Other forms: lowbrows

Anything or anyone lowbrow is unsophisticated and uncultivated. Videos that become wildly popular on the internet tend to be lowbrow.

Something that is lowbrow doesn’t provide much intellectual stimulation, and it may be in poor taste. Comedies that rely heavily on insults, physical gags, and jokes about bodily functions can usually be described as lowbrow. Forms of entertainment such as operas and Shakespearean plays are typically regarded as highbrow — the opposite of lowbrow. Surprisingly, they can have their fair share of lowbrow humor as well.

Definitions of lowbrow
  1. adjective
    characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes
    lowbrow tastes”
    synonyms: lowbrowed, uncultivated
    nonintellectual
    not intellectual
  2. noun
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
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    type of:
    pleb, plebeian
    one of the common people
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