Docusoap
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of reality television in the style of a documentary in which an apparent plot is constructed by intention or editing in order to make programmes in this genre resemble soap operas.
"The latest of a venerable franchise of docu-soaps, it opens, like its predecessors, with a voiceover giving the audience the lay of the promised land."
Example
More examples"How can you stomach that hokey docusoap?"
Etymology
Blend of documentary + soap (for soap opera); equivalent to docu + soap.
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