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fauxtograph

[ˈfoːtəɡɹɑːf]

fauxtograph noun: a fake, staged, or doctored photograph.

Noun

fauxtograph (plural fauxtographs)

  1. A fake, staged, or doctored photograph.
    • That was one of the factors in the fauxtograph scandal a year or so ago. If AP and Reuters didn't photograph and publish the staged events provided for them, they wouldn't be allowed to stay in the country and would lose the ability to cover more staged events.2007 August 15, Eliyahu, “Re: Old news, new show: Billy Graham on Jews”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet)
    • Faking is as old as photography itself. In the First World War, faked pictures - fauxtographs - were circulated of the Kaiser cutting the hands off babies.2009 June 25, Cassandra Jardine, “Iran's Joan of Arc: dying seconds that last for ever”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

Forms of fauxtograph

pluralfauxtographs

Origin of fauxtograph

Blend of faux + photograph; compare fauxtography.

Questions about fauxtograph

What does fauxtograph mean?
Fauxtograph means a fake, staged, or doctored photograph.
What part of speech is fauxtograph?
Fauxtograph is a noun.
How do you pronounce fauxtograph?
Fauxtograph is pronounced [ˈfoːtəɡɹɑːf].
What is the plural of fauxtograph?
The plural of fauxtograph is fauxtographs.

Words near fauxtograph in the dictionary

  1. fauxtato
  2. fauxtatoes
  3. fauxthentic
  4. fauxtina
  5. fauxtism
  6. fauxtograph
  7. fauxtographs
  8. fauxtography
  9. fauxtomation
  10. Fauzia
  11. fav

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