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Noun, or adjective, synonymous with intellectual, and, as an adjective, a term also synonymous with elite, or generally carrying a connotation of high culture.
Used colloquially as a noun or adjective, "highbrow" is synonymous with intellectual; as an adjective, it also means elite, and generally carries a connotation of high culture. The term, first recorded in 1875, draws its metonymy from the pseudoscience of phrenology, which teaches that people with large foreheads are more intelligent. The term is deeply connected to hierarchical racial theories fr... Wikipedia
