journalistic

From journal +‎ -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist +‎ -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

journalistic (comparative more journalistic, superlative most journalistic)

1. Related to journalism or journalists.

   Substituting "[expletive]" for swear words in an article's text is a journalistic practice of sensibility.

   • 2005 July 12, Jacob Weisberg, “The Anonymity Trap”, in Slate‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 January 2021:

     This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.

   • 2023 January 25, Nigel Harris, “A Life Remembered: Peter Kelly”, in RAIL, number 975, page 48:

     In September 1981, I was appointed Assistant Editor of Steam World (edited by David Wilcock), so was lucky to be trained in the same journalistic approach which both David and Peter had already deployed in transforming the sector.

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