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middlebrow
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mid·dle·brow  (mdl-brou)
n. Informal
One who is somewhat cultured, with conventional tastes and interests; one who is neither highbrow nor lowbrow.


middle·brow adj.

middlebrow [ˈmɪdəlˌbraʊ] Disparaging
n
a person with conventional tastes and limited cultural appreciation
adj also middlebrowed
of or appealing to middlebrows middlebrow culture
middlebrowism  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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. ADJde or para gusto medianamente culto, de gusto entre intelectual y plebeyo
middlebrow middle-brow [ˈmɪdəlbraʊ] adjgrand public inv
middle class nclasse 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 [ˌmɪdəlˈklɑːs] 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 ncourse f de demi-fond
middle-distance runner ncoureur/euse m/f de demi-fond
middle ear noreille f moyenne
Middle East n
the Middle East → le Moyen-Orient
in the Middle East → au Moyen-Orient
middlebrow [ˈmɪdlˌbraʊ] (pej)
1. adj (fiction, play, film) per il lettore o spettatore ecc medio
2. nchi ha una cultura media

middlebrow [ˈmɪdlˌbraʊ] (pej)
1. adj (fiction, play, film) per il lettore o spettatore ecc medio
2. nchi ha una cultura media


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