lowestcommon denominator

low·est common denominator (lōʹĭst) n.

1. See least common denominator.

2.

a. The most basic, least sophisticated level of taste, sensibility, or opinion among a group of people.

b. The group having such taste, sensibility, or opinion: “The press can resist the standard of the lowest common denominator, the rationalization that all news is fit to print that has appeared anywhere else” (Edward M. Kennedy).

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