midcult

noun

mid·​cult

ˈmidˌkəlt

plural -s

: the artistic and intellectual culture that is neither highbrow culture nor lowbrow culture : middlebrow culture

Word History

Etymology

middlebrow culture

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above

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