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journalism

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɝnl̩ˌɪzəm/
  • CMU ARPABET: JH ER1 N AH0 L IH2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The aggregating, writing, editing, and presenting of news or news articles for widespread distribution, typically in electronic publications, broadcast news media, or printed newspapers or periodicals, for the purpose of informing the audience, relying on a style of writing characteristic for this purpose, consisting of direct presentation of facts or events and (depending on type) either with or without analysis or interpretation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Meronym: reporting (little to no analysis or interpretation)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: profession

Narrower terms: newspapering

3

noun

Meaning 3

newspapers and magazines collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: news media

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: print media

Narrower terms: Fleet Street, photojournalism, yellow journalism, tabloid, tab

History

Etymology

From French journalisme (beginning of 19th century). By surface analysis, journal + -ism.

Across languages

Translations

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: joernalistiek — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Albanian: gazetari — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Arabic: صِحَافَة (ṣiḥāfa) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Arabic: صَحَافَة (ṣaḥāfa) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Arabic: صحافة (ṣiḥāfa) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Armenian: լրագրություն (lragrutʻyun) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Asturian: periodismu — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Azerbaijani: jurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Belarusian: журналі́стыка (žurnalístyka) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Bengali: জার্নালিজম (jarnalijom) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Breton: kazetennerezh — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Bulgarian: журнали́стика (žurnalístika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Burmese: သတင်းစာပညာ (sa.tang:capa.nya) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Carpathian Rusyn: журналі́стіка (žurnalístika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Catalan: jornalisme — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Catalan: periodisme — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Cebuano: dyornalismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Cebuano: peryodismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞學 /新闻学 (xīnwénxué) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞界 /新闻界 (xīnwénjiè) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞業 /新闻业 (xīnwényè) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞工作 /新闻工作 (xīnwén gōngzuò) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Czech: novinářství — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Czech: žurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Danish: journalistik — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Dutch: journalistiek — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Esperanto: ĵurnalismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Estonian: ajakirjandus — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Finnish: journalismi — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • French: journalisme — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Galician: periodismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Galician: xornalismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Georgian: ჟურნალისტიკა (žurnalisṭiḳa) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • German: Journalismus — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • German: Journalistik — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Greek: δημοσιογραφία (dimosiografía) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Hebrew: עיתונאות \ עִתּוֹנָאוּת (itona'út) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Hindi: पत्रकारिता (patrakāritā) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Hungarian: újságírás — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Hungarian: hírlapírás — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Icelandic: blaðamennska — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Icelandic: fréttamennska — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Ido: jurnalisteso — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Indonesian: jurnalisme — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Indonesian: kewartawanan — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Italian: giornalismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Japanese: ジャーナリズム (jānarizumu) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Kazakh: журналистика (jurnalistika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Khmer: វិជ្ជាជីវៈខាងសារព័ត៌មាន (vɨcciəciivĕəʼ khaang saapɔədɑɑmiən) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Korean: 저널리즘 (jeoneollijeum) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Korean: 언론학 (eollonhak) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Northern Kurdish: rojnamegerî — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Northern Kurdish: rojnamevanî — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Kyrgyz: журналистика (jurnalistika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Lao: ວາລະສານສາດ (wā la sān sāt) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Latin: diurnalismus — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Latvian: žurnālistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Lithuanian: žurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Macedonian: новина́рство (novinárstvo) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Malay: kewartawanan — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Mongolian: сэтгүүл зүй (setgüül züj) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Norwegian: journalistikk — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Pannonian Rusyn: новинарство (novinarstvo) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Pashto: روزنامه نګاري (roznāmanegārí) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Pashto: ژورناليزم (žurnalízǝm) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Persian: ژورنالیسم (žurnâlisem) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Persian: روزنامهنگاری (ruz-nâme-negâri) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Persian: روزنامهنویسی (ruz-nâme-nevisi) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Persian: خبرنگاری (xabarnegâri) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Plautdietsch: Zeitungschreft — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Polish: dziennikarstwo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Portuguese: jornalismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Portuguese: periodismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Romanian: jurnalism — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Russian: журнали́стика (žurnalístika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Serbo-Croatian: новина́рство — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Serbo-Croatian: журналѝстика — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Serbo-Croatian: novinárstvo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Serbo-Croatian: žurnalìstika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Sicilian: jurnalismu — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Slovak: žurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Slovak: novinárstvo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Slovene: novinarstvo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Spanish: periodismo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Swedish: journalistik — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tagalog: pamamahayagan — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tagalog: pamahayagan — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tajik: рӯзноманигорӣ (rüznomanigori) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tajik: журналистика (žurnalistika) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tatar: журналистика (jurnalistiqa) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Thai: วารสารศาสตร์ (waa-rá-sǎan-sàat) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Tibetan: གསར་འགོད (gsar 'god) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Turkish: gazetecilik — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Ottoman Turkish: غزتهجیلق (gazetacılık) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Turkmen: žurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Ukrainian: журналі́стика (žurnalístyka) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: صحافت (sahāfat) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: اخبار نویسی (axbār navīsī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: خبر نگاری (xabar-nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: خبر نویسی (xabar-navīsī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: نامہ نگاری (nāma-nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: صحیفہ نگاری (sahīfa-nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: مضمون نگاری (mazmūn nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: خبر رسانی (xabar-rasānī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: روز نامہ نویسی (roz-nāma-navīsī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: وقائع نگاری (waqāe-nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: وقائع نویسی (waqāe-navīsī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: واقعہ نگاری (vāqea-nigārī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Urdu: واقعہ نویسی (vāqea-navīsī) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Uyghur: ئاخباراتچىلىق (axbaratchiliq) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Uzbek: jurnalistika — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Vietnamese: nghề làm báo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Vietnamese: nghề viết báo — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Võro: aokirändüs — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Welsh: newyddiaduraeth — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Yiddish: זשורנאַליזם (zhurnalizm) — activity or profession of being a journalist
  • Yiddish: זשורנאַליסטיק (zhurnalistik) — activity or profession of being a journalist
Real reading context

journalism in complete knowledge articles