composograph
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- noun
- Archaic
- He was accused of using a composograph to support his false claims.
Examples
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The article was illustrated with a composograph that misrepresented the event.
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Experts quickly identified the image as a composograph rather than a real photograph.
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The magazine published a sensational composograph to attract more readers.
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Many news outlets have fallen for composographs in recent years.
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The newspaper published a shocking composograph of the politician at a beach party, which turned out to be completely fabricated.
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To capture the public's attention, the magazine released a composograph that manipulated various images to create an impossible scene.
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In the age of digital journalism, composographs can easily mislead readers into believing distorted narratives.
Synonyms
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An image made by joining several photos to create an artistic effect
How Fake
Surface Forms
Morphology
composograph = composite + photograph (semi-transparent) = composo + graph
The word is a blend of 'composite' and 'photograph', and the idea of a combined photograph is fairly clear, though the deceptive journalistic sense is specialized.
Etymology
Composograph comes from compose which means 'to put together' and the -graph part, like in photograph, which means 'picture'. So a composograph is literally a picture put together from parts, which is why the word means a fake or manipulated photo used to deceive.