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middlebrowism

middlebrowism noun: middlebrow attitudes generally; the quality of being middlebrow.

Noun

middlebrowism (uncountable)

  1. Middlebrow attitudes generally; the quality of being middlebrow.
    • If we wish to stop this march of middlebrowism, education must revamp both its philosophy and its objectives.1968, Henry Winthrop, Ventures in Social Interpretation, page 116
    • In fact, there were critics who saw middlebrowism itself as one of the aesthetic faces of Stalinism.2001, Norman Podhoretz, Ex-Friends, page 181

Origin of middlebrowism

From middlebrow + -ism.

Questions about middlebrowism

What does middlebrowism mean?
Middlebrowism means middlebrow attitudes generally; the quality of being middlebrow.
What part of speech is middlebrowism?
Middlebrowism is a noun.

Words near middlebrowism in the dictionary

  1. middlebreakers
  2. Middlebrook
  3. Middlebrooks
  4. middlebrow
  5. middlebrowed
  6. middlebrowism
  7. middlebrows
  8. Middleburg
  9. middleburster
  10. middlebursters
  11. Middlebury

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