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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sisihan naeyong
"대중 매체는 종종 시시한 내용을 양산한다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Bland, soggy infant food consisting of fine-ground cereal.
"The pediatrician recommended starting the baby on a gentle pablum." - 2
Intellectual or artistic material that is oversimplified, trite, and lacking any real substance.
"Instead of hard-hitting journalism, the evening broadcast offered nothing but political pablum."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the early 20th century as a proprietary name for a soft, bland infant cereal, derived from the Latin word pabulum, meaning food or nourishment. Over time, the term underwent a semantic shift to metaphorically describe any intellectual or artistic content that has been simplified, diluted, or made completely bland to appeal to the masses.
Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Pablum"?
10 Global Lexicons: How "Pablum" is said worldwide
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bouillie
Transliteration: /bu.ji/
"Les médias diffusent souvent de la bouillie intellectuelle."
Seichtigkeit
Transliteration: /ˈzɛç.ɪç.kaɪ̯t/
"Das Programm bot nur seichte Unterhaltung."
minestra
Transliteration: /miˈnɛ.stra/
"Quella trasmissione è una vera e propria minestra riscaldata."
papilla
Transliteration: /paˈpi.ʎa/
"El discurso político resultó ser pura papilla sin contenido."
papinha
Transliteration: /paˈpi.ɲɐ/
"O programa de TV oferecia apenas papinha cultural para as massas."
बेस्वाद सामग्री
Transliteration: besvaad samagri
"वह अखबार केवल बेस्वाद सामग्री परोसता है।"
乏味的内容
Transliteration: fáwèi de nèiróng
"电视上 播出的尽是些乏味的内容。"
시시한 내용
Transliteration: sisihan naeyong
"대중 매체는 종종 시시한 내용을 양산한다."
骨抜きな内容
Transliteration: honenukina naiyou
"その映画は骨抜きな内容で見る価値がなかった。"
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Revealing significant information, often without being intentional; striking or effective.
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