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JOURNALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("journalism" is a kind of...):
profession (an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journalism"):
newspapering (journalism practiced for the newspapers)
Derivation:
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
journalistic (of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Newspapers and magazines collectively
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("journalism" is a kind of...):
print media (a medium that disseminates printed matter)
Meronyms (substance of "journalism"):
copy (material suitable for a journalistic account)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "journalism"):
Fleet Street (British journalism)
photojournalism (journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures)
tab; tabloid; yellow journalism (sensationalist journalism)
Derivation:
journalist (a writer for newspapers and magazines)
journalistic (of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism)
