Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

human interest story

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: hu-man in-ter-est s-to-ry
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.

Example Sentences

"Not more than a dozen persons showed up for his funeral. Among them was an earnest young reporter who hoped for a human-interest story; there were legends that the old man had been something of a gunfighter in the early days."

Inflected Forms

human interest stories (plural) human-interest story (alternative)

Questions

What does human interest story mean?: A soft news story that is intended to evoke emotion, empathy, humour, inspiration, etc., in the audience.

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