Used in a Sentence

highbrow

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for highbrow.

Editorial note

Who dreamed of a highbrow Internet, and how did they get so out of touch with humanity in the first place?

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Quick take

(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of highbrow gathered in one view.

noun

(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.

adjective

(sometimes derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for highbrow.

adjective

(sometimes derogatory) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured, sophisticated.

Example sentences

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Who dreamed of a highbrow Internet, and how did they get so out of touch with humanity in the first place?

2

Did they use 'highbrow paper' while the hoi polloi read their garbage dailies?

3

The highbrow Internet isn't hindered in any way by the chans or the cat GIFs or whatever the current New Media bogeyman is.

4

Generally, I think you're not trying hard enough; to put it coarsely, _you're not highbrow enough_.

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It's like the doings of the UK 's Crown Prince...highbrow celebrity gossip.

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Anything more highbrow is just trying to dress things up.

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Did they use a 'highbrow' telephone system before that?

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You're not highbrow enough because you've set up a pedestal with Joyce on it (and Beckett as an understudy) and this state of affairs is too complacent.

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I always thought that Focault's Pendulum was a kind of highbrow Illuminatus!

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I did not find the Pendulum more highbrow than the Trilogy.

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> Who dreamed of a highbrow Internet, and how did they get so out of touch with humanity in the first place?

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> A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow periodicals.

Quote examples

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The 20th century "highbrow" journalist enjoyed a certain income because he had a monopoly on access to media.

2

You're commenting on the title ("The dream of the highbrow internet is dead", which is the first sentence of the article), but we only changed it to that because the top title was so bad.

Proper noun examples

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Highbrow is a one-course at a time deal.

2

That would show off the kind of content you have and even though your name is Highbrow, it might not be clear if you're teaching out nail painting techniques or philosophy when I just read the headline and the feature list you have.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use highbrow in a sentence?

Who dreamed of a highbrow Internet, and how did they get so out of touch with humanity in the first place?

What does highbrow mean?

(sometimes derogatory) A cultured or learned person or thing.

What part of speech is highbrow?

highbrow is commonly used as noun, adjective.