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highbrowism

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high⋅brow

  [hahy-brou]
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–noun
1. a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
2. a person with intellectual or cultural pretensions; intellectual snob.
3. the crestfish.
–adjective
4. Also, highbrowed. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a highbrow.
Origin:
1895–1900; high + brow

Related forms:
highbrowism, noun

Synonyms:
4. intellectual, scholarly, cultured; bookish, snobbish, pseudointellectual.
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high·brow   (hī'brou')   
adj.   also high·browed (-broud')
Of, relating to, or being highly cultured or intellectual: They only attend highbrow events such as the ballet or the opera.
n.  One who possesses or affects a high degree of culture or learning.
high'brow'ism n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
highbrow

  1. n.
    an intellectual person; a person with refined tastes. (Compare this with lowbrow. See also longhair.) : The highbrows usually congregate in there.
  2. mod.
    having to do with an intellectual or a person with refined tastes. : Pete is sort of highbrow, but he's an okay guy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

highbrow  (n.)
"person of superior intellect and taste," 1902, back-formation from high-browed (adj.), which is attested from 1891, from high + brow (cf. also lowbrow under low (adj.)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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