English to French Meaning of highbrow - intellectuel

Highbrow :

intellectuel

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Definitions of highbrow in English

Noun(1) a person of intellectual or erudite tastes
Adjective(1) highly cultured or educated

Examples of highbrow in English

(1) Their literature sections are supposedly quite highbrow , but they still have lots of popular stuff.(2) So, if you thought ‘Ulysses’ was only for highbrow academics, come along and be prepared to be pleasantly surprised!(3) There are lots of people trying to dumb down, trying to make highbrow stuff more real, more visceral.(4) Although the ballet may not receive great acclaim from highbrow ballet lovers, it has had 6,000 performances overseas and organizers are confident Chinese audiences will respond warmly.(5) I think that artists and the cultural sector can often seem unnecessarily highbrow .(6) He has inexpensive tastes, even if he likes highbrow culture, and has the common touch.(7) This year, the ceremony was broadcast live on arts channel BBC4, a channel so highbrow it has about six viewers.(8) Woke up this morning to a very highbrow debate on Radio National between George Monbiot, Christopher Hitchens and Lewis Lapham on the death of the Left.(9) It certainly isn't that we are particularly highbrow - I love intellectual stuff, but also Friends, chick lit and most films with Meg Ryan in.(10) I hate this attitude that classical music or the arts have to be highbrow .(11) Philippe Garrel is also one of those figures: a director with fanatic followers in the most highbrow circles of film criticism.(12) Now a series of reports questioning his ability to deliver highbrow culture into the establishment may have damaged his reputation.(13) The content, however, seems less highbrow than one might have feared.(14) I was going to say that it is not the type of book that I would normally have much time for, because it is published by Bloomsbury, and their stuff is usually a bit highbrow for me.(15) This sort of evening is not for highbrow music lovers, but for people who enjoy listening to ‘normal’ Christmas carols.(16) People who think that he should make the International Festival more populist, as opposed to highbrow , have clearly missed the point.

Related Phrases of highbrow

(1) highbrow ::

intellectuel

(2) high ::

haute

(3) brow ::

front

Related Phrases of highbrow

(1) highbrow ::

intellectuel

(2) high ::

haute

(3) brow ::

front

Synonyms

Adjective

1. intellectual ::

intellectuel

2. scholarly ::

savant

3. bookish ::

livresque

4. well-read ::

cultivé

5. literary ::

littéraire

6. cultured ::

cultivé

7. academic ::

académique

9. lettered ::

lettré

10. sophisticated ::

sophistiqué

11. erudite ::

érudit

12. learned ::

appris

13. cerebral ::

cérébral

14. brainy ::

intelligent

15. egghead ::

intellectuel

16. inkhorn ::

écritoire

Noun

17. intellectual ::

intellectuel

18. scholar ::

savant

19. academic ::

académique

20. bluestocking ::

bas-bleu

21. bookish person ::

personne livresque

23. egghead ::

intellectuel

24. brain ::

cerveau

25. bookworm ::

rat de bibliothèque

26. brainiac ::

brainiac

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