editorial

American  

[ed-i-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-] / ˌɛd ɪˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

• editorials
  plural

1. 

   an article in a newspaper or other periodical or on a website presenting the opinion of the publisher, writer, or editor.

2. a statement broadcast on radio or television that presents the opinion of the owner, manager, or the like, of the program, station, or channel.

3. something regarded as resembling such an article or statement, as a lengthy, dogmatic utterance.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the commissioning or compiling of content for publication, or to a person who does such work.

   editorial policies;

   editorial skills.

2. of, relating to, or involved in the preparation of an editorial or editorials.

   editorial page;

   editorial writer.

3. of or relating to the literary and artistic activities or contents of a publication, broadcasting organization, or the like, as distinguished from its business activities, advertisements, etc..

   an editorial employee; an editorial decision, not an advertising one.

editorial British  

/ ˌɛdɪˈtɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to editing or editors

2. of, relating to, or expressed in an editorial

3. of or relating to the content of a publication rather than its commercial aspects

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noun

1. an article in a newspaper, etc, expressing the opinion of the editor or the publishers

editorial Cultural  

1. An article in a newspaper or magazine expressing the opinion of the editor or publisher.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• editorialist
  noun
• noneditorial
  adjective
• preeditorial
  adjective
• pseudoeditorial
  adjective
• editorially
  adverb
• noneditorially
  adverb
• preeditorially
  adverb
• pseudoeditorially
  adverb

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• editorials
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of editorial

First recorded in 1735–45; editor + -ial

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Explanation

An editorial is an article that expresses the opinion of the person who or organization that wrote it. The president of the Llama Lovers Club wrote a scathing editorial in the Llama Times newspaper to protest the rash of llama thefts in her area. Open up any newspaper, and you'll see page after page of articles. Most of these articles were written by journalists who assembled and reported the facts of the story. On the editorial page, however, you'll find nothing but opinion. That opinion might come from the editor of the paper, a local politician, or a concerned citizen who has found some important issue to discuss. Editorial can also refer to the editor of the paper, whose editorial decisions determine which articles — and editorials appear in each edition.

Example Sentences

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editorial editorials

For this editorial, stylist RonBen worked with artist Braden Young to reconstruct some of the world’s infamous missing jewels and staged them on-model with just-stolen intensity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The editorial asserts that state utility commissions “have often blocked” electric transmission lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mr. Blumenfeld writes about jazz for the Journal and is the editorial director of Chamber Music America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Yet behind this milestone lies strict rules about what the combined business can and cannot do - from how many films it must produce a year to the editorial independence of its newsroom.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

When Guiteau attacked, editorial writers and others called for full-time protection of the president.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Dylan Loh, an associate professor at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, said it was "somewhat telling" and unusual that PLA Daily editorials had written about Zhang and Liu more than once.

From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026

“I’m definitely not conservative,” said Harut Sassounian, who owns the Courier, where his regular editorials appear online and formerly in print.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026

State newspaper editorials and former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, the Democratic incumbent at the time, argued that the found ballots were suspicious and likely fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Newspaper editorials, of course, rarely have much impact, especially these days, when no newspaper, not even the Times, struts the stage of mass media with the august authority it once held.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025

African American newspapers such as the Chicago Defender, the most widely read black publication, and the Pittsburgh Courier continually published editorials and cartoons showing the great advantages of moving from the South to the North.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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