lowbrow

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What's wrong is the impression fixed in the minds of too many Americans that conservatism is always lowbrow, an impression our enemies gleefully reinforce when the opportunity arises.

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  1. noun One having uncultivated tastes.
  2. adjective Uncultivated; vulgar.

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  • At the risk of being accused of creeping lowbrow-ism, I have to confess that I think the Stark stories are Brackett's best work. —  FSF,August2008
  • "Pop music will never be lowbrow - at least not on my stage," she publicly stated with a smirk. —  Miami New Times | Complete Issue
  • The lyrics, however, by Thomas and Stewart Lee, tend toward the lowbrow ( "My mum used to be my dad ... snip, snip"). —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • What's wrong is the impression fixed in the minds of too many Americans that conservatism is always lowbrow, an impression our enemies gleefully reinforce when the opportunity arises. —  enrevanche
  • (There are three episodes, remaining, including one at 10 p.m. Friday.) "All joking aside, say what you will about what you might call the lowbrow nature of many of his shows, he did something truly amazing and subversive, up there with what Steven Bochco gets credit for, with 'frak,'" Goldberg said. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
 

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