1. relating to or appealing to people with conventional, moderate intellectual tastes; neither highbrow nor lowbrow
Usage: often used in cultural criticism

1. a person with conventional, moderate intellectual tastes and interests
Usage: sometimes mildly derogatory

Examples

• The magazine targets a middlebrow audience with accessible articles about culture.
• Critics dismissed the novel as middlebrow fiction that avoided challenging themes.
• She considered herself a middlebrow reader who enjoyed popular literary fiction.
• The museum’s middlebrow approach made art accessible to general visitors.
• He was proud to be a middlebrow who appreciated both classical music and pop songs.
• The television program struck a middlebrow tone between educational and entertaining.
• Many middlebrows prefer book club selections over experimental literature.