Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

telespectator

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tele-spec-ta-tor
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who witnesses an event on television.

Example Sentences

"All these things that affect the psychology of the telespectator, must also affect the dramaturgical techniques of those who create the telecast."
"The "telespectator" never receives the kinds of sutured transmissino conventionalized by Hollywood film, as well as expected of telecommunications by Freud."
"The telespectator has no material object to watch or possess, only the experience of watching fleeting images on the screen."

Etymology

From tele- + spectator.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: tele

Inflected Forms

telespectators (plural)

Questions

What does telespectator mean?: One who witnesses an event on television.
Where does telespectator come from?: From tele- + spectator.

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