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parajournalism

parajournalism noun: the deceptive use of journalistic style and presentation to publish falsehoods.

Noun

parajournalism (uncountable)

  1. The deceptive use of journalistic style and presentation to publish falsehoods.

Origin of parajournalism

From para- + journalism, coined by Dwight MacDonald as a criticism of Tom Wolfe in the 1960s.

Questions about parajournalism

What does parajournalism mean?
Parajournalism means the deceptive use of journalistic style and presentation to publish falsehoods.
What part of speech is parajournalism?
Parajournalism is a noun.

Words near parajournalism in the dictionary

  1. Paraino
  2. parainsular
  3. Paraiso
  4. Paraisos
  5. parajamesonite
  6. parajournalism
  7. parajournalist
  8. parajournalistic
  9. parajournalists
  10. parajudicial
  11. parajudo

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