English Explanatory Dictionary

parajournalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

parajournalism

Etymology

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

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