"high culture" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} high culture (uncountable)
  1. The artistic entertainment and material artifacts associated with a society's aristocracy or most learned members, usually requiring significant education to be appreciated or highly skilled labor to be produced. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: fine arts Coordinate_terms: folk culture, popular culture Translations (high culture): 高雅文化 (gāoyǎ wénhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), korkeakulttuuri (Finnish), Hochkultur [feminine] (German), høykultur [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kultura wyższa [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-high_culture-en-noun-qSO9aJg- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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