docusoap

[ dok-yuh-sohp ]

noun
  1. a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.

Origin of docusoap

1
First recorded in 1990–95; docu(mentary) + soap (opera)

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British Dictionary definitions for docu-soap

docu-soap

/ (ˈdɒkjʊˌsəʊp) /


noun
  1. a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama

Origin of docu-soap

1
C20: from docu (mentary) + soap (opera)

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