telegenic
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛnɪk/
- With her telegenic features and vibrant personality, she quickly became the favorite on reality TV.
- young and telegenic
- telegenic and articulate
- telegenic and polished
Examples
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I've got this young kid, he's very telegenic...
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But fire is among the most telegenic of crises and can propagate across TV screens and in the public mind in ways that wind and wave cannot.
Academic text (2008) -
That chair is not very telegenic.
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They're worried about their agents looking telegenic on camera.
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I'm not lovable or charming or telegenic.
Fiction book (2002) -
The tall, telegenic Lindsay was viewed as the "great white hope" of American urban liberalism.
Academic text (2005) -
Regime change may be more satisfying than long-term statecraft; it is certainly more telegenic.
Academic text (2003) -
Canada's new global relevance is also evident in the enthusiastic response in the United States and elsewhere to the 2015 election of the youthful, telegenic Justin Trudeau as the country's new prime minister.
Academic text (2017) -
The newscaster's telegenic presence has captivated viewers across the nation.
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The brand chose a telegenic spokesperson who could easily connect with young audiences.
Synonyms
17
3.6
Looking good in photos or on film
1
7.0
Looking good on camera or screen
Antonyms
How Telegenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
telegenic = tele + gen + ic
The word is built from the combining form tele- and the root gen with -ic, but the specific sense 'looking attractive or effective on television' is specialized and only partly predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The word telegenic comes from the parts tele- meaning 'far', as in television and telephone, and -genic, like in photogenic, meaning 'good in pictures'. So telegenic means that someone or something 'looks good on TV'.