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infotainment

American  
[in-fuh-tayn-muhnt] / ˌɪn fəˈteɪn mənt /

noun

  1. edutainment.

  2. television or radio programs that treat factual material in an entertaining manner, as by including dramatic elements.

  3. factual material that is both informative and entertaining.


infotainment British  
/ ˌɪnfəʊˈteɪnmənt /

noun

  1. (in television) the practice of presenting serious or instructive subjects in a style designed primarily to be entertaining

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of infotainment

info(rmation) + (enter)tainment

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The touches and feels include the 14-inch center touch screen hosting a Toyota infotainment system of recent vintage, the two inductive charging pads in the center console and the push-to-turn gear selector in the console.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

For one, the truck doesn’t come with a touchscreen — a staple of modern infotainment systems — or even a radio.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Left to their own devices, they made enough progress in car infotainment systems that Silicon Valley began paying very close attention.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Over hefeweizens, Audi’s engineering chief told him the automaker was moving to Google for infotainment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Whatever the risks of his speechifying, you had to admire — here in our age of political infotainment — the natural finesse with which Springsteen threaded his prepared rhetoric into Tuesday’s set.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

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