oil operas
oil operas is the plural of oil opera.
Meaning of oil opera
Noun
oil opera (plural oil operas)
- An amoral drama focusing on corporate and domestic struggles, the lead character being a business person fixated on pursuing a resource by any means necessary.
- The oil operas pretty much do away with questions of social conscience. There are no moral values as such, only instrumental values which either work or don't work in advancing one to still greater heights of wealth and corporate power.1992, Michael Parenti, “Affluent Class and Corporate Brass”, in Make-Believe Media, St. Martin’s Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 100
Questions about oil operas
- What is oil operas the plural of?
- Oil operas is the plural of oil opera.
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