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media-savvy

media-savvy adjective: having the ability to purposely attract media attention or to manipulate it to one's own advantage.

Adjective

media-savvy (comparative more media-savvy, superlative most media-savvy)

  1. (informal) Having the ability to purposely attract media attention or to manipulate it to one's own advantage.

Forms of media-savvy

comparativemore media-savvy
superlativemost media-savvy

Origin of media-savvy

From media + savvy.

Questions about media-savvy

What does media-savvy mean?
Media-savvy means having the ability to purposely attract media attention or to manipulate it to one's own advantage.
What part of speech is media-savvy?
Media-savvy is an adjective.

Words near media-savvy in the dictionary

  1. media wasp
  2. media wasps
  3. media whore
  4. media whores
  5. media-historical
  6. media-savvy
  7. mediacentric
  8. mediacid
  9. mediacies
  10. mediacracies
  11. mediacracy

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