lowbrow

Etymology
A bahuvrihi compound of, Americanism, circa 1902. Refers to the (by that time discredited) pseudoscience of phrenology, which suggested that a person of low intelligence and sophistication would possess a lower brow-line than someone of greater intelligence and sophistication.

Adjective

 * 1) Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.
 * The Three Stooges are known for their lowbrow slapstick humor consisting of foolish action for the masses.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: səviyyəsiz
 * Czech:, ,
 * Finnish: matalaotsainen, luiskaotsainen
 * French:
 * German:, ,
 * Russian:, ,

Noun

 * 1)  Someone or something of low education or culture.
 * 2)  An underground populist visual art movement that arose in the Los Angeles area in the late 1960s, inspired by comics, punk music, graffiti, etc.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

 * German: