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mid·dle·brow
 middlebrow
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- pronunciation:
- mI
d
 l
braU
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
(informal) a person who is considered to have very conventional or middle-class tastes or interests, and to be anti-intellectual.
On one visit home from college, she realized her parents were middlebrows who thought foreign films were boring and pretentious. |
| related words: |
moderate |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
(informal) of or relating to a person who is a middlebrow (usu. used disparagingly).
- similar words:
- popular
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| related words: |
conventional, moderate |
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