different between uncultured vs lowbrow

English

Etymology

un- +? cultured

Adjective

uncultured (comparative more uncultured, superlative most uncultured)

1. Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement.

Antonyms

• cultured

English

Alternative forms

• low-brow

Etymology

A bahuvrihi compound of low +? brow, Americanism, circa 1902. Refers to the (by that time discredited) pseudoscience of phrenology, which suggested that a person of low intelligence and sophistication would possess a lower brow-line than someone of greater intelligence and sophistication.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo?b?a?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??b?a?/

Adjective

lowbrow (comparative more lowbrow, superlative most lowbrow)

1. Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.

   The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.

Translations

Noun

lowbrow (countable and uncountable, plural lowbrows)

1. (countable) Someone or something of low education or culture.
2. (uncountable, art) An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:idiot

Antonyms

• highbrow

Related terms

• highbrow
• middlebrow

References

• ESC, 2003. Re:highbrow, middlebrow, lowbrow, The Phrase finder.
• Robert Hendrickson, 1997. Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins (New York: Facts on File)