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Noun
Just dumb enough to work, the haunted-house plot barrels through clichés and comes out the other side with an earnestly lowbrow evisceration of the fake highbrow. Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 16 July 2021 Tár is its highbrow counterpart, teasing and celebrating the same personal crisis and class issues. Armond White, National Review, 27 Jan. 2023 But in the pandemic’s wake, the chief human resources officer has morphed into a highbrow position, working with CEOs to drive attraction and retention among a myriad of other talent operations. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2023 Margot Robbie, playing Barbie, is clad in an exact re-creation of the original Barbie’s outfit; Gerwig is clearly thinking about the interplay between highbrow and lowbrow, between art and commercialism. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for highbrow 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for highbrow
Adjective
  • The college experience still offers intellectual development, mentorship, and access to opportunities that AI can’t replicate.
    Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Clark is a recent graduate of Athlete Leadership University, a collegiate-style program for athletes with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • High-altitude cerebral edema (HACE) is a severe and rare altitude sickness.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Apollo 11 Celebrating the historic moon landing, this strain delivers strong cerebral effects that help alleviate stress and moderate pain.
    Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Hudson’s bandmates—the guitarist Robbie Robertson, the drummer Levon Helm, the bassist Rick Danko, and the pianist and multi-instrumentalist Richard Manuel—often described him as scholarly, nimble, and discerning, a professor type at loose in a scene dominated by beautiful buffoons.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Laymon said the suffrage monument on the Mall will draw on the diverse perspectives of its board and scholarly advisers, as well as the public.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025

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