highbrow's Usage Examples:

"German highbrows get Cicero, a new political monthly".

grip on earthly realities: this, she thought, explained why in general highbrows "honour so wholeheartedly and depend so completely upon those who are.

realities: this, she thought, explained why in general highbrows "honour so wholeheartedly and depend so completely upon those who are called lowbrows".

The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics.

It is described as a "low entertainment for highbrows, or vice versa".

highbrow is considered by some (with corresponding labels as "middlebrow" "lowbrow") as discriminatory or overly selective; and highbrow is currently distanced.

Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, "highbrow" is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation.

Its programming is generalist with a strong focus on highbrow and Korean-oriented programming, ranging from news and current affairs.

Astaire thought that the ballet background in the plot was too highbrow for his audiences.

his romantic melodrama will have rough handling by the highbrows, but should prove a box office winner.

1925, the term middlebrow is the intermediary "brow" descriptor between highbrow and lowbrow, which are terms derived from the pseudo-science of phrenology.

The organization is known for its highbrow tastes, and its annual awards are one of the most prestigious film critics awards.

Paul"s schemes become highbrow-legend, anecdotal onaccounta, which are bantered about at their cocktail parties.

Synonyms:

intellect, intellectual,

Antonyms:

stupidity, emotional, uneducated,