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human interest

human interest noun: a kind of journalism that discusses a person or people in an emotional way so as to arouse interest or sympathy.

Noun

human interest (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) A kind of journalism that discusses a person or people in an emotional way so as to arouse interest or sympathy.

Words formed from human interest

Questions about human interest

What does human interest mean?
Human interest means a kind of journalism that discusses a person or people in an emotional way so as to arouse interest or sympathy.
What part of speech is human interest?
Human interest is a noun.

Words near human interest in the dictionary

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  3. human insulin
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