highbrow
noun
a person of superior intellectual interests and tastes.
highbrowism
-
a word derived from
highbrow.
Example Sentences
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One of the dullest and stupidest complaints regularly leveled against the festival has been its ostensible highbrowism.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
Whether his novels and short stories gained by this heroic "highbrowism," is another question.
From Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism by Henry Seidel Canby
