# midcult

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A form of middlebrow culture that copies and adulterates high culture.

## Etymology
From mid- + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).

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