Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

journalistic

/ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: jour-nal-is-tic
IPA: /ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk/

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Related to journalism or journalists.

Example Sentences

"Substituting "[expletive]" for swear words in an article's text is a journalistic practice of sensibility."
"This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning."
"In 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."

Etymology

From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: journal, journalist

Inflected Forms

more journalistic (comparative) most journalistic (superlative)

Derived Forms

journalistically nonjournalistic parajournalistic photojournalistic prejournalistic pseudojournalistic telejournalistic unjournalistic

Frequently Paired Words

journal journalism journalist journalistical

Rhymes With

artistic realistic characteristic optimistic linguistic mystic unrealistic ballistic statistic autistic futuristic holistic

Questions

How do you pronounce journalistic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk/.
What does journalistic mean?: Related to journalism or journalists.
Where does journalistic come from?: From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).

How to pronounce journalistic

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