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midcult

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from cultus
  2. derived from culte
  3. prefixed as midcult — “mid + cult”

Definitions

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

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA