lowbrows
Anti-intellectual sorts
Lowbrows are people perceived as having unsophisticated or uncultured tastes—those who prefer popular entertainment over highbrow art or intellectual pursuits.
The term carries condescension: The critics dismissed the show's fans as lowbrows.
As an adjective, lowbrow describes the entertainment itself: lowbrow humor, lowbrow television.
The word comes from the pseudoscientific idea that forehead shape indicated intelligence.
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- philistineArt-dismissing ignoramus
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- uncouthLacking good manners
plebeian · provincial · anti-intellectual · common · unpretentious · populist · mainstream · masses
Crudely lacking refinement
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- coarseRough in texture
- boorishCrudely ill-mannered
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
gauche · tasteless · crude · dumbed-down · trashy · schlocky · kitschy · cheesy
Exaggerated physical humor
- sitcomsHumorous television series
- tabloidsSensational gossip newspapers
- pulp fictionSensational cheap literature
- soap operasSerialized melodramatic television programs
game shows · gossip magazines · comic strips · cartoons · karaoke · memes · fanfiction · parodies
unsophisticated
Lacking refinement or complexity
- unculturedLacking refinement or education
- philistineArt-dismissing ignoramus
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
uncouth · plebeian · provincial · anti-intellectual · common · unpretentious · populist · mainstream · masses · hoi polloi
crass
Crudely lacking refinement
tacky · gauche · tasteless · crude · dumbed-down · trashy · schlocky · kitschy · cheesy · hokey
slapstick
Exaggerated physical humor
- sitcomsHumorous television series
- tabloidsSensational gossip newspapers
- pulp fictionSensational cheap literature
soap operas · game shows · gossip magazines · comic strips · cartoons · karaoke · memes · fanfiction · parodies · spoofs
lowbrowshighbrows
Cultured, educated people
aesthetes · intellectuals · cognoscenti · sophisticates · connoisseurs