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PUBLIC PRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
Synonyms:
press; public press
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("public press" is a kind of...):
print media (a medium that disseminates printed matter)
Meronyms (parts of "public press"):
press corps (a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "public press"):
free press (a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology)
newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)
mag; magazine (a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it)
