docusoap
[ dok-yuh-sohp ]
/ ˈdɒk yəˌsoʊp /
noun
a television series that chronicles the purportedly real lives of an interconnected group of people, often in a melodramatic way.
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Origin of docusoap
First recorded in 1990–95; docu(mentary) + soap (opera)
Words nearby docusoap
documentarian, documentary, documentation, document reader, docusate sodium, docusoap, docutainment, DOD, do-dad, Dodd, dodder
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British Dictionary definitions for docusoap
docu-soap
/ (ˈdɒkjʊˌsəʊp) /
noun
a television documentary series in which the lives of the people filmed are presented as entertainment or drama
Word Origin for docu-soap
C20: from docu (mentary) + soap (opera)
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