Sentence examples similar to highbrow affectations from inspiring English sources

The literary citations, pop-culture references and other aren't-I-smart affectations never let up; it's the highbrow equivalent of the party boor telling off-color jokes in a loud voice.

Unsentimental about his own highbrow milieu, he had already done his bit to puncture the affectations of bourgeois aesthetics, and in particular the fantasy that classical music floats above society, in an apolitical haze.

hysical affectations?

Lowbrow, highbrow.

Only not so — highbrow".

crowd's affectations?

We are very highbrow.

But fear not, highbrow cinephiles.

Some drew upon celebrity affectations.

New Roc, Highbrow?

A highbrow wannabe?