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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

Example Sentences

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Sometimes called midcult, it would get you blithely ignored.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2018

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

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

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

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