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highbrow

 
/ˈhɑɪˌbrɑʊ/ adj

Definition

(of literature, art, music, films, or plays) serious and intended for intelligent educated people who know a lot about these forms of art, or (of people) intelligent and knowing a lot about such things: highbrow entertainment a highbrow intellectual
(Definition of highbrow adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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