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newspaperish

newspaperish

7.2
Like short news articles that give clear facts in a simple tone
  • adjective
  • /ˈnjuːzˌpeɪpərɪʃ/
  • Literature
translation icon : periodístico
  • Her writing became noticeably more newspaperish after she started working at the local press.

Examples

  • Some editors prefer a less newspaperish tone for feature stories.

  • Her writing is often too newspaperish for my taste.

  • The critique argued that the essay's newspaperish style made it less engaging for academic readers.

  • The article had a very newspaperish style.

  • The reporter's article was criticized for being overly newspaperish, lacking depth and originality.

  • Many students find that adopting a newspaperish style helps their work feel more polished for publication.

  • His blog post had a newspaperish tone, making it easy to read but somewhat generic.

Synonyms

journalistic
vsnewspaperish
  • Literature
67 4.1

About news work and how people report events

is narrower, focusing on the specific style and tone of print news writing

How Journalistic

journalistic
  • Literature
67 4.1
newspaperish
  • Literature
7.2
neutral
218 3.6
informal
98 3.1
chatty
  • Informal
36 3.3

Surface Forms

newspaperish positive

Morphology

newspaperish = newspaper (transparent) = news + paper + ish

Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ish' to the clear compound 'newspaper', yielding 'resembling or characteristic of a newspaper'.

Etymology

Newspaperish starts with the familiar word newspaper ('news' + 'paper') and adds the ending -ish ('like' or 'related to'). Think of it as 'like a newspaper' with clear facts, short sentences, and a direct tone, so newspaperish means writing that resembles the style or tone of a newspaper.