journalistic

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌdʒɜrnəˈlɪstɪk/ UK /ˌdʒɜːnəˈlɪstɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
of or characteristic of journalism or journalists

Her journalistic instincts led her straight to the heart of the scandal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · of or characteristic of... editorialreportorialnewsy

Word family

Derived forms journalistically

Related forms journalist journalism journal

Etymology

From 'journalist' + '-ic'; 'journalist' from 'journal' + '-ist', from Old French 'jurnal' ('daily'), from Latin 'diurnalis', from 'dies' ('day').

jurnal xno diurnalis Latin dies Latin

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# journalistic

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌdʒɜrnəˈlɪstɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdʒɜːnəˈlɪstɪk/

## Meanings
1. of or characteristic of journalism or journalists

## Examples
- Her journalistic instincts led her straight to the heart of the scandal.

## Synonyms
- editorial
- reportorial
- newsy

## Derived Forms
- journalistically

## Related Forms
- journalist
- journalism
- journal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: jurnal
- Root: diurnalis
- Root: dies

## Etymology
From 'journalist' + '-ic'; 'journalist' from 'journal' + '-ist', from Old French 'jurnal' ('daily'), from Latin 'diurnalis', from 'dies' ('day').

## AI Etymology
Journalistic comes from 'journalist' + '-ic'; 'journalist' from 'journal' + '-ist', from Old French 'jurnal' ('daily'), from Latin 'diurnalis', from 'dies' ('day'). The etymological trail includes Old French jurnal, Latin diurnalis, Latin dies. The same word family includes journalistically, journalist, journalism, journal. Its current adjective use means "of or characteristic of journalism or journalists".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown