🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

foxificação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: foksifikasãw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Foxification/ˌfɒksɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A foxificação do jornalismo preocupa os analistas de mídia."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The process or policy of making news or media content sensationalist, highly partisan, and right-leaning, analogous to the broadcasting style of Fox News.

    "Media critics expressed deep concern over the rapid foxification of local news networks across the country."
  2. 2

    The adoption of populist rhetoric and entertainment-driven formats in serious journalistic or political environments.

    "The debate suffered from a noticeable foxification, trading substantive policy discussions for theatrical outrage."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'fox' combined with the Latin-suffixed combining form '-ification' (from facere, meaning 'to make'). Emerging in late modern political and media discourse, it describes the process of transforming media outlets, institutions, or content to mirror the sensationalist, partisan style associated with Fox News.

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