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docu-soap

docu-soap is the alternative form of docusoap.

Meaning of docusoap

Noun

docusoap (plural docusoaps)

  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.2010 October 21, Troy Patterson, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, in Slate

Forms of docu-soap

pluraldocu-soaps

Questions about docu-soap

What is docu-soap the alternative form of?
Docu-soap is the alternative form of docusoap.

Words near docu-soap in the dictionary

  1. docu
  2. docu-drama
  3. docu-dramas
  4. docu-fiction
  5. docu-fictions
  6. docu-soap
  7. docucam
  8. docucams
  9. docucomedies
  10. docucomedy
  11. docudrama

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Adapted from Wiktionary: docu-soap (page history and authors); docusoap (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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