muckraking
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muckraking — ► NOUN ▪ the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people. ORIGIN coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to the man with the muck rake in Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress … English terms dictionary
muckraking — muck|rak|ing [ˈmʌk reıkıŋ] n [U] the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people s private lives, especially famous people ▪ Two of the candidates complained of unfair muckraking during the election campaign … Dictionary of contemporary English
muckraking — noun (U) the practice of telling or writing unpleasant and perhaps untrue stories about people s private lives, especially famous people: low quality magazines specializing in muckraking muckraking adjective muckraker noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Muckraking — Als Muckraker (engl. für Mistkratzer, Schmutzaufwühler, Nestbeschmutzer) wurden am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts US amerikanische Journalisten und Schriftsteller bezeichnet, die als Väter des Investigativen Journalismus gelten können. Sie… … Deutsch Wikipedia
muckraking — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [MUCK raking] investigating and reporting corruption. Muckraking can sometimes be a journalist s most dangerous job. SYN.: whistle blowing, investigating, exposing, *digging for dirt, gossipmonger… … English dictionary for students
muckraking — Synonyms and related words: attack, blackening, character assassination, defamation, defamation of character, defilement, denigration, dirty politics, last minute lie, malicious defamation, mudslinging, mudslinging campaign, name calling,… … Moby Thesaurus
muckraking — muck|rak|ing [ mʌk,reıkıŋ ] noun uncount the practice of looking for and publishing evidence that a famous person has done something wrong … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
muckraking — see muck raking … English dictionary
muckraking — n. defamation, slander, libelv. reveal corruption, expose scandal … English contemporary dictionary
muckraking — noun the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people. Derivatives muckrake verb muckraker noun Origin coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress and the man with the… … English new terms dictionary
