magazinism

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noun

The practice of writing for magazines, or in a style suited to magazines.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounmagazinism (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe practice of writing for magazines, or in a style suited to magazines.

    It is no wonder that the television industry has shied away from the dangers of discovery and committed itself to the ideology of demographic magazinism.

    2010, David Marc, Demographic Vistas: Television in American Culture, page 135
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    The style of Brougham and Jeffrey and Sydney Smith was moulded by their oratorical pursuits; and it gave the cue to magazinism through the earlier part of the period.

    1894, John Macmillan Brown, Manual of English Literature: Era of Expansion, 1750-1850, page 94

    "I have no income save what my pen brings me in the magazine and newspaper field." (Note that field is not plural; here he is thinking of both yellow journalism and yellow magazinism).

    2021, Jay Williams, Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907

Origin

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magazinism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magazinism

MLA

“magazinism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magazinism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “magazinism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magazinism.

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