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newstainment

newstainment noun: television news presented in a sensationalist manner, intended more to entertain than to inform.

Noun

newstainment (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) Television news presented in a sensationalist manner, intended more to entertain than to inform.

Origin of newstainment

Blend of news + entertainment.

Questions about newstainment

What does newstainment mean?
Newstainment means television news presented in a sensationalist manner, intended more to entertain than to inform.
What part of speech is newstainment?
Newstainment is a noun.

Words near newstainment in the dictionary

  1. newssheets
  2. newsstand
  3. newsstands
  4. newsstore
  5. newsstores
  6. newstainment
  7. newstalgia
  8. newstalgic
  9. newstalk
  10. newstalks
  11. Newstead

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