as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
finally, a TV series that appeals to a highbrow audience
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as in nerd
a person with strong intellectual interests
guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry
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Recent Examples of 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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for highbrow
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Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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Randy Jones Run/Walk supports folks with disabilities Home of Guiding Hands, a nonprofit that helps community members with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will host its 15th Annual Randy Jones Run, Walk & Roll for Independence starting at 8 a.m. Feb. 8 at De Anza Cove in Mission Bay.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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The cerebral Sridhar Ramaswamy, had the misfortune to follow in the huge CEO footsteps of the Bill Belichick-like Slootman.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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An autopsy showed that McLaughlin died from cerebral damage and constriction of the neck, the Associated Press reports.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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Both winners will be announced at the FICA ceremony, establishing a new platform for recognizing both creative and scholarly contributions to regional cinema.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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About 119,000 scholarly journal articles and conference papers are published globally every week, or more than 6 million a year.—
Guillaume Cabanac,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Highbrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrow. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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