midcult

American

[mid-kuhlt] / ˈmɪdˌkʌlt /

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter) the intellectual culture intermediate between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow culture.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of such culture.

Etymology

Origin of midcult

1955–60, mid(dle-brow) cult(ure) ; see masscult

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Playing with midcult is playing with artistic fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2018

In the late 1990s she grabbed midcult by the lapels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2018

Sometimes called midcult, it would get you blithely ignored.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2018

Crime writer Lawrence Block believes Spillane did more than spice up a genre; he created a format that bridged midcult and low art, print and picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

For it is also the custom to attack Wyeth as a mere illustrator, dazzling the midcult beast with a mixture of sentimentality and cold manual tricks.

From Time Magazine Archive

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