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highbrows

noun

plural of highbrow
as in intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests guests at her elegant dinner parties are a mix of the city's highbrows and captains of industry

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intellectuals
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  • Scholars and intellectuals have long argued that the rejection and hatred of Haitians by some sections of Dominican society are actually a rejection of the Blackness that Haitian identity and culture represents.
    — Kendall Medford, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
  • For the artists and intellectuals who lived there across two decades of pioneering residency programs, Georgia’s Ossabaw Island was a potent source of inspiration.
    — The New York Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026
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“Highbrows.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/highbrows. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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