middlebrowism

middlebrowism
\\ˈmidəlˌbrau̇ˌizəm\ noun (-s)
: the state of mind or quality of culture characteristic of a middlebrow

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  • middlebrowism — n. moderate intellectual interest; conventional taste …   English contemporary dictionary

  • middlebrowism — mid·dle·brow·ism …   English syllables

  • middlebrow — middlebrowism, n. /mid l brow /, n. Informal. a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person. [1920 25; MIDDLE + BROW, on the model of HIGHBROW, LOWBROW] * * * …   Universalium

  • Philistinism — n middlebrowism, Inf. lowbrowism, conventionalism, conventionality, conformism, conformance, conformity; traditionalism, formalism, precisianism; obtuseness, dullness, boorishness, yahooism …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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