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HIGHBROW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of intellectual or erudite tastes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("highbrow" is a kind of...):
intellect; intellectual (a person who uses the mind creatively)
Derivation:
highbrow (highly cultured or educated)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly cultured or educated
Example:
a highbrowed literary critic
Synonyms:
highbrow; highbrowed
Classified under:
Similar:
intellectual (appealing to or using the intellect)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
highbrow (a person of intellectual or erudite tastes)
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