middlebrow

mid·dle·brow  (mdl-brou)

n. Informal

One who is somewhat cultured, with conventional tastes and interests; one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.

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[middle + (high)brow and (low)brow.]

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middle·brow adj.

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middlebrow [ˈmɪd^əlˌbraʊ] Disparaging

n

a person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciation

adj also middlebrowed

of or appealing to middlebrows middlebrow culture

middlebrowism  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

middlebrow - someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Translations

middlebrow [ˈmɪdlbraʊ]

A. ADJ → de or para gusto medianamente culto, de gusto entre intelectual y plebeyo

B. N → persona f de gusto medianamente culto, persona f de cultura mediana

middlebrow middle-brow [ˈmɪd^əlbraʊ] adj → grand public inv
middle class n → classe f moyenne
the growth of a large middle class → le développement d'une importante classe moyenne
the middle class → la classe moyenne
the middle classes → les classes fpl moyennes
middle-class [ˌmɪd^əlˈklɑːs] adj

[people, family] → de la classe moyenne
a middle-class family → une famille de la classe moyenne
to be middle-class [person] → être bourgeois(e)

[home, suburb, area] → bourgeois(e)

[attitudes, values, culture, life] → bourgeois(e)
middle course n (between more extreme alternatives) → juste milieu m, voie f médiane
middle-distance race n → course f de demi-fond
middle-distance runner n → coureur/euse m/f de demi-fond
middle ear n → oreille f moyenne
Middle East n
the Middle East → le Moyen-Orient
in the Middle East → au Moyen-Orient

middlebrow [ˈmɪd/əlˌbraʊ] (pej)

1. adj (fiction, play, film) per il lettore o spettatore ecc medio

2. n → chi ha una cultura media