Art that tries to be [highbrow], but really isnt. Status-seeking middle class people buy [middlebrow] work to display, not to enjoy. Writer Virginia Woolfe famously decried middlebrow as a sticky [slime] of calves-foot jelly, though her work could be classified as middlebrow too. Still, as long as you actually read the books you buy instead of just using them to set of the furniture, who cares?

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/103316/middlebrowRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 08:31:35 GMTMon, 22 Apr 2019 21:00:12 GMT60(of art or literature or a system of thought) demanding or involving only a moderate degree of intellectual application, typically as a result of not deviating from convention.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/406586https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/406586Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:44:08 GMTMiddlebrow music, literature, art, and films are of good quality, interesting, and often popular, but can be understood quite easily.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/406577https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/406577Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:24:57 GMTDemanding, involving, or having only a moderate degree of intellectual application.

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