lowbrow

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Highbrow or lowbrow, we have gathered here to serve humanity’s darkest impulses.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Beyond the lowbrow perception of buying wine at a bulk retailer, wineries risk alienating loyal customers if their bottles sell for less than they offer them at the vineyards.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

And anything associated with children’s media is all kind of suctioned into this idea of being lowbrow.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024

He admired nothing so much as ambition but also managed the feat of having high standards about lowbrow things.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

Eliminating those unfamiliar with the Stooges’ slapstick, physical, lowbrow comedy, I found that an overwhelming 8 percent of my sample admitted to such an indulgence.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos