HIGHBROWISM Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

highbrowism

noun

Definition of highbrowism

as in gray matter

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Noun

Your gray matter performs astonishing feats of information processing using little more than the equivalent of a relatively shiny light globe.

— Mike McRae October 19, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Studies have shown greater gray matter density or stronger white matter integrity in bilingual people, compared with people who speak one language.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of gray matter

Noun

To join the tide of anti-intellectualism that refuses to take this seriously or rise to the challenge of doing so, as Tate has done with this exhibition, is a grave shame.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
One fascination of this brave book—brave in its disclosures but more so in its demands, its spiritual rigor, and its ardent intellectualism—lies in watching the eloquent, intelligent sufferer steadily entrapping herself.

— James Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of intellectualism

Noun

That's taught me a lot [and] given me a lot of valuable skills and a tough mentality.

— Tom Huddleston Jr.,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
In a 2007 paper, Tennessee law professor Valorie Vojdik wrote that power rhetorics spread by military institutions globally instill within men a mentality encouraging patterns of abuse and violence toward women as a sign of masculinity.

— Hannah Berner, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of mentality

Noun

Author Yuval Noah Harari has been pointing out the difference between consciousness and intelligence.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
Floris was a former top intelligence analyst in charge at the bureau's Washington Field Office, while Benavides was the former deputy assistant director at the FBI's Counterintelligence Division.

— Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of intelligence

Noun

Osage orange produces massive green monkey brain fruits full of seeds that can dent your car and give you a concussion.

— Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 8 Nov. 2026
Nearly every medical student learns about the coagulation cascade, but not all doctors know or remember how to diagnose and treat an infant who shows up in an ER bleeding, often in the brain and invisible to the eye.

— Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of brain

Noun

At a free, all-day festival in Newark, hundreds gathered to celebrate Indian culture, with live music, traditional clothing and food creating a sense of connection to home.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
Democrats know what drove those voters away in the first place — cost of living, rent, grocery bills, public safety and a sense among working families that the party talks past them and even down to them.

— Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of sense

Noun

And when the stakes are highest, Reina knows to trust her heart as well as her intellect.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026
Reducing Gulliver’s Travels to only a topsy-turvy tale of humans both tiny and massive is to ignore the savage intellect that penned its words.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of intellect

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