midcult

midcult
mid·cult

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  • midcult — /mid kult /, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the intellectual culture intermediate between highbrow and lowbrow; middlebrow culture. adj. 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of such culture. [1955 60, Amer.; mid(dle brow) cult(ure); see MASSCULT] * *… …   Universalium

  • midcult — ˈmidˌkəlt noun ( s) Etymology: middlebrow culture : the artistic and intellectual culture that is neither highbrow culture nor lowbrow culture : middlebrow culture * * * /mid kult /, n. 1. (sometimes cap.) the intellectual culture intermediate… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Middlebrow — The term middlebrow describes both a certain type of easily accessible art, often literature, as well as the population that uses art to acquire culture and class that is usually unattainable. First used by the British satire magazine Punch in… …   Wikipedia

  • Clipping (morphology) — In linguistics, clipping is the word formation process which consists in the reduction of a word to one of its parts (Marchand:1969). Clipping is also known as truncation or shortening. According to Marchand (1969)[1], clippings are not coined as …   Wikipedia

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  • masscult — /mas kult /, n. the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected, interpreted, and popularized by the mass media for dissemination to the widest possible audience. [MASS + CULT(URE); coined by U.S. author and social critic… …   Universalium

  • masscult — noun The modern industrial equivalent of culture, mass produced and anonymously consumed, without specialization or connoisseurship. See Also: midcult …   Wiktionary

  • masscult — ˈmasˌkəlt noun ( s) Etymology: mass culture : the artistic and intellectual culture associated with and disseminated through the mass media : mass culture * * * /mas kult /, n. the forms of culture, as music, drama, and literature, as selected,… …   Useful english dictionary

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