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human interest story

human interest story noun: a soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.

Noun

human interest story (plural human interest stories)

  1. A soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.
    • Not more than a dozen persons showed up for his funeral. Among them was an earnest young reporter who hoped for a human-interest story; there were legends that the old man had been something of a gunfighter in the early days.1949, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 90

Forms of human interest story

pluralhuman interest stories
alternative formhuman-interest story

Questions about human interest story

What does human interest story mean?
Human interest story means a soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.
What part of speech is human interest story?
Human interest story is a noun.
What is the plural of human interest story?
The plural of human interest story is human interest stories.

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