high-concept
adjective
high-con·cept
ˈhī-ˈkän-ˌsept 
: having or exploiting elements (such as fast action, glamour, or suspense) that appeal to a wide audience
high-concept movies
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The French studio will also have The Sentinels at the market, a high-concept series about a group of super soldiers fighting in an alternate version of WWI.
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
We are also taught to idolize writers who know how to seek out the high-concept and sticky truths that will change the trajectory of everything.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the high-concept premise of each usually leads to the death of momentum.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Yang is genius not just for playing the easy pickins of George Santos but high-concept lunacy like a gay oompaloompa and the iceberg that sunk the Titanic.
—Steven Zeitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
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Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
We are also taught to idolize writers who know how to seek out the high-concept and sticky truths that will change the trajectory of everything.
—Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
But the high-concept premise of each usually leads to the death of momentum.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Yang is genius not just for playing the easy pickins of George Santos but high-concept lunacy like a gay oompaloompa and the iceberg that sunk the Titanic.
—Steven Zeitch, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high-concept
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“High-concept.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-concept. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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