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Yap Coolidge | 16:02 Tue 14th Aug 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where did the phrase 'highbrow' come from?
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It's a 19th-century American expression. Referring to a (often self-conscious) intellectual superiority it probably comes from the idea that a high, domed forehead suggests a bigger brain and therefore greater intellectual power. In contrast to less intelligent low-browed - Neanderthal or less intellectually developed - people.

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