midcult

American  

[mid-kuhlt] / ˈmɪdˌkʌlt /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of such culture.

Etymology

Origin of midcult

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

Example Sentences

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

And yet there are also some bad fairies at the party, a small band for whom two minutes' exposure to Frasier, with its forced repartee about boutonnieres, is an excruciating experience in midcult hell.

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