Journalistic

//ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Related to journalism or journalists.

    "Substituting "[expletive]" for swear words in an article's text is a journalistic practice of sensibility."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism wordnet

Synonyms

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editorialjournaleseperiodicserial

Example

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"Journalistic text is not a literary work."

Etymology

From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).

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