Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

midcult

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mid-cult
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A form of middlebrow culture that copies and adulterates high culture.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Only thing Fitzgerald wrote that will last is The Great Gatsby—the rest (Tender Is The Night, The Last Tycoon) is midcult junk."

Etymology

From mid- + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: mid

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

masscult

Questions

What does midcult mean?: A form of middlebrow culture that copies and adulterates high culture.
Where does midcult come from?: From mid- + cult, coined by Dwight Macdonald in the essay Masscult and Midcult (1960).

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