stenographic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to, written in, or employing shorthand or stenography

   Jonathan kept a stenographic journal that few other travelers could read.

2. 2
   adj

   recording another person's words mechanically, with little analysis, investigation, or criticism

   The editor rejected the stenographic report because it merely repeated the minister's claims.

Formed from stenography + -ic. Stenography combines Greek stenos, 'narrow or compressed,' with -graphia, 'writing.' The later journalistic sense compares uncritical reporting to a stenographer's verbatim transcription.

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