I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: high (I) + brow
: a person who possesses or has pretensions to strong intellectual interests or superiority : one who regards aloofly or contemptuously manifestations of mass culture : egghead
highbrows … despise soap operas and are repelled by the success stories in popular magazines — W.O.Aydelotte
highbrows who believe that … art is for art's sake — A.J.Toynbee
II. adjective
: of, relating to, or appropriate to a highbrow : having or giving the appearance of strong intellectual interests or superiority
liking jazz or not liking jazz is almost equally highbrow today — Roger Angell
a Chinese scholar can be ineffably highbrow — E.R.Hughes
the magazine … will be uncompromisingly highbrow — Time