lowbrowness
Lack of refinement
The quality of lacking sophistication or intellectual depth.
Lowbrowness describes cultural tastes, entertainment, or behavior considered unsophisticated or appealing to base instincts rather than refined sensibilities: The show's lowbrowness was part of its charm.
The term carries elitist connotations, implying a hierarchy of cultural value.
See also lowbrow.
Tasteless, garish art
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- gaudyTastelessly ornate
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- schlockLow-quality merchandise
campy · cheesy · trashy · gimmicky · cliched · hackneyed · formulaic · garish
Crude, uncouth conduct
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
- philistinismContempt for cultural refinement
provincialism · uneducated · unpolished · unrefined · uncouth · ignorance · barbarism · rawness
Fundamental in nature
- elementaryOf first principles
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- uncomplicatedEasy to understand
- naiveInnocently unsuspecting
childlike · unsubtle · simplistic · shallow · superficial · dumbed-down · unsophisticated · juvenile
Crudely lacking refinement
profane · indecent · salacious · raunchy · tawdry · sordid · vulgar · smutty
Dominant cultural current
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
escapism · gossip · melodrama · viral · clickbait · crowdpleasing · pandering · dumbing-down
kitsch
Tasteless, garish art
schlock · campy · cheesy · trashy · gimmicky · cliched · hackneyed · formulaic · garish · kitschy
boorishness
Crude, uncouth conduct
- crudenessLack of sophistication
- coarsenessRough or vulgar quality
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
philistinism · provincialism · uneducated · unpolished · unrefined · uncouth · ignorance · barbarism · rawness · rusticity
basic
Fundamental in nature
- elementaryOf first principles
- plainnessUnadorned, straightforward quality
- uncomplicatedEasy to understand
naive · childlike · unsubtle · simplistic · shallow · superficial · dumbed-down · unsophisticated · juvenile · mindless
crass
Crudely lacking refinement
ribald · profane · indecent · salacious · raunchy · tawdry · sordid · vulgar · smutty · bawdy
mainstream
Dominant cultural current
- tabloidSensationalist newspaper format
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- sensationalismOverhyped news coverage
commercial · escapism · gossip · melodrama · viral · clickbait · crowdpleasing · pandering · dumbing-down · entertainment
lowbrownessintellectualism
Emphasis on reasoning pursuits
erudition · sophistication · refinement · high culture · intellectuality
lowbrownesselitism
Preference for privileged rule
high culture · connoisseurship · aestheticism · classiness · snobbishness
lowbrow, lowbrows, low, lower, lowest, lowly, lowness, brow, brows