Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Designed to appeal to a mass audience, as by incorporating popular, glamorous features.
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Examples
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The point is that Battlestar Galactica is presenting all the symptoms of an extended-run high-concept TV series in its decadent phase.
Lost In Space 2009
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"It involves superheroes, it involves a very high-concept plot, it's a story such as you never have seen before, and it spans the centuries," Lee said in a telephone interview from New York Comic Con, where he and MTV are set to announce the new series on Saturday.
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-Concept Idea for Sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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It was a fitting stage for such high-concept clothes: rubberized snow boots that gleamed like waxed Corvettes; vinyl skirts and cashmere-Lurex hoodies.
New York Fashion Week 2011: Showmanship by Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Derek Lam 2011
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-concept idea for sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-concept idea for sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-Concept Idea for Sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-concept idea for sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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And it never loses its appetite for obvious high-concept ideas.
Marshall Fine: Attention, Hollywood: High-concept idea for sale! Marshall Fine 2010
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A low-concept urban fantasy thriller exploring high-concept theological ideas.
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