单词 | parajournalism |
释义 | parajournalism in British English (ˌpærəˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm) noun journalism that does not wholly concern itself with truth but engages in subjective and creative speculations parajournalism in American English (ˌpærəˈdʒɜːrnlˌɪzəm) noun news reportage that strongly reflects the point of view of the writer or editor or that uses techniques not practiced in conventional journalism Derived forms parajournalist noun parajournalistic adjective Word origin [1960–65, Amer.; para-1 + journalism]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buyback, deinstitutionalize, go-go, power play, zip codepara- is a prefix appearing in loanwords from Greek, most often attached to verbs and verbalderivatives, with the meanings “at or to one side of, beside, side by side” (parabola; paragraph; parallel; paralysis), “beyond, past, by” (paradox; paragogue); by extension from these senses, this prefix came to designate objects or activitiesauxiliary to or derivative of that denoted by the base word (parody; paronomasia), and hence abnormal or defective (paranoia), a sense now common in modern scientific coinages (parageusia; paralexia). As an English prefix, para- may have any of these senses; it is also productive in the naming of occupationalroles considered ancillary or subsidiary to roles requiring more training, or of ahigher status, on such models as paramedical and paraprofessional (paralegal; paralibrarian; parapolice) |
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