adj · 2 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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/ˌd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)nəˈlɪstɪk/
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rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Related to journalism or journalists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Substituting "[expletive]" for swear words in an article's text is a journalistic practice of sensibility.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
journalistic writing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From journal + -istic (“adjective”). Also parsed directly as journalist + -ic (“adjective”), also used in sense of related journalism (having to do with journalism).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
periodísticu
— related to journalism or journalists
Belarusian:
журналі́сцкі
(žurnalíscki)
— related to journalism or journalists
Catalan:
periodístic
— related to journalism or journalists
Catalan:
jornalístic
— related to journalism or journalists
Danish:
journalistisk
— related to journalism or journalists
Dutch:
journalistiek
— related to journalism or journalists
Esperanto:
gazetema
— related to journalism or journalists
Esperanto:
ĵurnalista
— related to journalism or journalists
Finnish:
journalistinen
— related to journalism or journalists
Finnish:
lehdistö-
— related to journalism or journalists
French:
journalistique
— related to journalism or journalists
Galician:
periodístico
— related to journalism or journalists
Galician:
xornalístico
— related to journalism or journalists
Georgian:
ჟურნალისტური
(žurnalisṭuri)
— related to journalism or journalists
Georgian:
საჟურნალო
(sažurnalo)
— related to journalism or journalists
German:
journalistisch
— related to journalism or journalists
Greek:
δημοσιογραφικός
(dimosiografikós)
— related to journalism or journalists
Hungarian:
újságírói
— related to journalism or journalists
Hungarian:
sajtónyelvi
— related to journalism or journalists
Indonesian:
jurnalistik
— related to journalism or journalists
Malay:
wartawan
— related to journalism or journalists
Malay:
kewartawanan
— related to journalism or journalists
Malay:
jurnalis
— related to journalism or journalists
Malay:
jurnalistik
— related to journalism or journalists
Norwegian Bokmål:
journalistisk
— related to journalism or journalists
Norwegian Nynorsk:
journalistisk
— related to journalism or journalists
Polish:
dziennikarski
— related to journalism or journalists
Portuguese:
jornalístico
— related to journalism or journalists
Russian:
журнали́стский
(žurnalístskij)
— related to journalism or journalists
Spanish:
periodístico
— related to journalism or journalists
Swedish:
journalistisk
— related to journalism or journalists
Ukrainian:
журналі́стський
(žurnalístsʹkyj)
— related to journalism or journalists
Urdu:
اخباری
(axbārī)
— related to journalism or journalists
Urdu:
صحافتی
(sahāfatī)
— related to journalism or journalists
Yiddish:
זשורנאַליסטיש
(zhurnalistish)
— related to journalism or journalists
