Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outrage porn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables: out-rage -porn
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Media that is written in order to provoke feelings of outrage and righteous indignation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Holonym: outrage culture"
"Near-synonym: ragebait"
"You can't write a Salon outrage porn piece without the word "problematic" being in the first couple of paragraphs somewhere."
"Anger is being exploited by TRP-driven purveyors of outrage porn, to strike at all possible newsworthy targets."
"However, all of the above examples reflect the growth of "outrage porn" in contemporary social media, or stories that feed popular anger and indignation, and which sometimes lead to powerful action."
"Outrage porn is not new. Similar to those who shame and publicly air their grievances today, the New Testament Pharisees were also known to look down on others with contempt."

Etymology

Coined by New York Times writer Tim Kreider to emphasize the way such writing panders to people's self-indulgent desire to feel outraged.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

ragebait

Questions

What does outrage porn mean?: Media that is written in order to provoke feelings of outrage and righteous indignation.
Where does outrage porn come from?: Coined by New York Times writer Tim Kreider to emphasize the way such writing panders to people's self-indulgent desire to feel outraged.

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