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televisable, a.|ˈtɛlɪ-, tɛlɪˈvaɪzəb(ə)l| [f. televise v. + -able.] Capable of being televised, suitable for presentation on television. Similarly televisible |tɛlɪˈvɪzɪb(ə)l| [after visible] nonce-wd.
1974Times 18 May 14/7 Unfortunately..Mrs Fawcett [was] eminently less televisable than Mrs Pankhurst. 1975A. Powell Hearing Secret Harmonies ii. 38, I resign St John Clarke to the makers of all things televisible. 1979Economist 3 Nov. 48/1 ‘Land people’ who..have been a deeper tragedy than the more televisable ‘boat people’.
Add: So ˌtelevisiˈbility n.
1942Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §618/3 Televisibility, television visibility. 1958Observer 30 Mar. 14/2 His televisibility was further demonstrated by an impressive extract from ‘The Ice-Man Cometh’. 1984Economist 19 Apr. 99/1 The relative accessibility of the valley to western journalists, and Mr Massood's televisibility, have made the valley the focus of attention in the press. |