editorializingn.
/ˌɛdᵻˈtɔːrɪəlʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛdəˈtɔriəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ Originally U.S.
The action of editorialize v.; editorial comment. Also occasionally: an instance of this.
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1839 Auburn (Cayuga County, N.Y.) Jrnl. & Advertiser 25 Sept. The suit which Capt. Lynds has brought against us for publishing the proceedings of a public meeting of our citizens—preparations which somewhat unfit the mind for editorializing.
1917 M. L. Spencer News Writing 87 The necessity of presenting news from an unbiased standpoint,..of avoiding ‘editorializing’.
1958 R. P. Blesh & H. Janis They all played Ragtime i. 34 Prissily Victorian as these editorializings are, they were the trivia of a new age.
2012 B. Goldacre Bad Pharma iv. 222 This is a striking reminder that the results of a scientific paper are much more important than the editorialising of the discussion section.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
editorializingadj.
/ˌɛdᵻˈtɔːrɪəlʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌɛdəˈtɔriəˌlaɪzɪŋ/ Originally U.S.
That editorializes or tends to editorialize; expressing opinion rather than simply reporting the news or giving the facts.
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1931 Publ. Amer. Sociol. Soc. 25 161 The country weekly was a political and an editorializing organ.
1991 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 24 636 The editorializing comments can be intrusive and needlessly biased.
2015 Times & Transcript (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 1 Apr. c3 The posts are easy to find as they are usually accompanied by some outlandish, clearly editorializing headline.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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