journalese

Noun

Meaning

the style in which newspapers are written

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Synonyms

patter language cant slang idiom jargon journalistic gibberish argot lingo shoptalk editorial gobbledygook legalese psychobabble

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Antonyms

standard sense quiet silence lingua franca plain English

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Hypernyms

style expressive style

Hyponyms

sensationalism luridness

Examples

I am mimetic. If I write a book set in the seventeenth century, I write in a Baroque style. If I'm writing a book set in a newspaper office, I write in Journalese. Umberto Eco

Close letter words and terms

journal date journal of scholarship journaler journaling journaling file system journalise