Meanings
comparative more journalistic · superlative most journalistic
- Related to journalism or journalists.
Substituting "[expletive]" for swear words in an article's text is a journalistic practice of sensibility.
2 more examples
This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.
2005 July 12, Jacob Weisberg, “The Anonymity Trap”, in Slate, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2021In 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.
2023 January 25, Nigel Harris, “A Life Remembered: Peter Kelly”, in RAIL, number 975, page 48
Origin
From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan periodístic, jornalístic
- periodísticrelated to journalism or journalists
- jornalísticrelated to journalism or journalists
Danish journalistisk
- journalistiskrelated to journalism or journalists
Dutch journalistiek
- journalistiekrelated to journalism or journalists
Esperanto gazetema, ĵurnalista
- gazetemarelated to journalism or journalists
- ĵurnalistarelated to journalism or journalists
Finnish journalistinen, lehdistö-
- journalistinenrelated to journalism or journalists
- lehdistö-related to journalism or journalists
French journalistique
- journalistiquerelated to journalism or journalists
German journalistisch
- journalistischrelated to journalism or journalists
Greek δημοσιογραφικός
- δημοσιογραφικός (dimosiografikós)related to journalism or journalists
Hungarian újságírói, sajtónyelvi
- újságíróirelated to journalism or journalists
- sajtónyelvirelated to journalism or journalists
Indonesian jurnalistik
- jurnalistikrelated to journalism or journalists
Malay wartawan, kewartawanan
- wartawanrelated to journalism or journalists
- kewartawananrelated to journalism or journalists
- jurnalisrelated to journalism or journalists
- jurnalistikrelated to journalism or journalists
Norwegian Bokmål journalistisk
- journalistiskrelated to journalism or journalists
Polish dziennikarski
- dziennikarskirelated to journalism or journalists
Portuguese jornalístico
- jornalísticorelated to journalism or journalists
Russian журнали́стский
- журнали́стский (žurnalístskij)related to journalism or journalists
Spanish periodístico
- periodísticorelated to journalism or journalists
Swedish journalistisk
- journalistiskrelated to journalism or journalists
Ukrainian журналі́стський
- журналі́стський (žurnalístsʹkyj)related to journalism or journalists
Urdu اخباری, صحافتی
- اخباری (axbārī)related to journalism or journalists
- صحافتی (sahāfatī)related to journalism or journalists
Yiddish זשורנאַליסטיש
- זשורנאַליסטיש (zhurnalistish)related to journalism or journalists
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with journalistic
Cite this entry
journalistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalistic
“journalistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “journalistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/journalistic.
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