# lowbrow

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈloʊbɹaʊ/ · frequency rank #76,077

## Definitions
1. Unsophisticated, not intended for an audience of intelligence, education or culture.

## Etymology
A bahuvrihi compound of low + brow. An Americanism whose first use appears c. 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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