A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
Used in a Sentence
middlebrow
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for middlebrow.
Editorial note
HN's standard middlebrow dismissal of Docker is to claim that it's nothing except LXC, which really misses the point entirely.
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Quick take
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of middlebrow gathered in one view.
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for middlebrow.
noun
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
adjective
(derogatory) Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
Example sentences
HN's standard middlebrow dismissal of Docker is to claim that it's nothing except LXC, which really misses the point entirely.
The concentration of middlebrow dismissal in this thread is appalling, and not at all in the spirit of intellectual curiosity.
Takes the piss out of a large swath of middlebrow journalism along with Gladwell, too.
Preamble: not middlebrow dismissal, I really like what they're doing here and will pay attention to them going forward.
But I'm going to do it anyway and try as best as I can to avoid the middlebrow dismissal.
The problem with the middlebrow dismissal is that it's a magnet for upvotes.
HN will still be a place where actual crap gets called crap, but hopefully this means that we'll see less middlebrow criticism and more actually substantive comments.
I ask because a naive reader might assume that you're just making a dismissive middlebrow comment.
I downvote lots of uninteresting, poorly articulated, or middlebrow comments with which I nominally agree.
This is one of the biggest examples of middlebrow dismissal on HN I've ever seen.
Alas, the grandparent comment is something of a middlebrow dismissal.
I absolutely loved one critique from the article: > middlebrow megachurch infotainment This hits the nail on the head on so many levels.
Quote examples
Though Delmania's comment skirts dangerously close to what pg might call a "middlebrow dismissal", he makes a very important point.
In my appraisal, it does nothing but pander to its "middlebrow" audience, never daring to tell them anything they don't already know.
Sick of seeing that thing, "middlebrow dismissal" that it so often is.
From the article: "middlebrow megachurch infotainment." (somebody else just posted that phrase while I was posting) They have today's TED nailed.
Proper noun examples
Middlebrow dismissal isn't even a real phrase.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use middlebrow in a sentence?
HN's standard middlebrow dismissal of Docker is to claim that it's nothing except LXC, which really misses the point entirely.
What does middlebrow mean?
A person or thing that is neither highbrow nor lowbrow, but in between.
What part of speech is middlebrow?
middlebrow is commonly used as noun, adjective.