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human interest

noun

a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.

human interest

(in a newspaper story, news broadcasting, etc) reference to individuals and their emotions

First recorded in 1775–80

But if their personal lives are part of human interest packages in the show, it is relevant.

But human-interest stories dominated the pageant this year in an unprecedented way.

His sketches of everyday living are characterized by his human interest touch and his unique technique of realism at that time.

He scorned curiosity with all his heart, and never suspected that curiosity is very often only an expression of human interest.

The characters are all brimful of wholesome human interest with Brenda as a paramount attraction.

A book to be read not only for its strong human interest, but for its true picture of life in the Adirondacks.

Only its human interest gives value to the first part; from the second part human interest is totally absent.

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