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docusoap

American  
[dok-yuh-sohp] / ˈdɒk yəˌsoʊp /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of docusoap

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

Example Sentences

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Their surprise split made headlines just as Stause and the rest of the Oppenheim Group agents were filming Netflix’s first English-language docusoap.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2023

HBO Max joins the trend with "House of Ho," an eight-episode "docusoap" following the intergenerational culture clashes of the Houston-based Vietnamese multibillionaire Ho family.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2020

This year, in addition to “Temptation Island,” MTV’s popular young adult docusoap, “The Hills,” is making a much talked-about return.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2019

There could be a family docusoap in the pipeline.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2018

In 1998, the shopping centre took centre stage on the nation's TV screens when the BBC made a docusoap entitled "Lakesiders".

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2015