high-concept
/ˌhaɪˈkɑnˌsɛpt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.73 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a work such as a book, film, or television programme: based on an appealing and easily communicable idea; also, of or relating to such a work.
Derogatory
adj
Based on an idea or theme, especially one regarded as highly artistic or intellectual.
Example Sentences
- "A high concept show has something that somebody could recognize in the title and would want to see. […] Elvis Presley and pills are the highest concept you could get. There are three people who are so high concept that you can live off them – Elvis, Jackie Onassis and Liz Taylor."
- "One might argue that Groundhog Day is a "high-concept" film. […] For many, a high-concept film is distinguished by its ease of summary. As Steven Spielberg puts it, "If a person can tell me the idea in 25 words or less, it's going to make a pretty good movie. I like ideas, especially movie ideas, that you can hold in your hand.""
- "Yet for all its casual mayhem, Free Guy turns out to be a rather cuddly crowdpleaser, a high-concept blockbuster trifle with bubblegum ice cream clogging its circuits."
- "I’m not too sure about that new molecular gastronomy restaurant. It seems too high-concept and snooty for me."
- "We've heard of high-concept books and high-concept plays and high-concept television shows and high-concept record albums and high-concept paintings and high-concept advertising campaigns and, of course, high-concept motion pictures. This is a high-concept magazine article. Why? Because it can be satisfactorily described in a single, simple sentence. Here it is: Ask people who work in the glamour business that invented high concept to define high concept."
- "Are “Lost” and “[Desperate] Housewives” too high-concept? [article title]—ABC's hit shows are eager to avoid the Twin Peaks curse […] Forget the predictable crime procedurals. Serialized, slow-burning mysteries are back."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *kewk-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌhaɪˈkɑnˌsɛpt/
- British English: /ˌhaɪˈkɒnsɛpt/
Usage
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
Homonyms
Antonyms
low-concept