infotainment

[in-fuh-teyn-muh nt]

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noun

edutainment.
television or radio programs that treat factual material in an entertaining manner, as by including dramatic elements.
factual material that is both informative and entertaining.

Origin of infotainment

info(rmation) + (enter)tainment

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Related Words for infotainment

documentary, demonstration, commercial, infotainment, advertorial, docutainment, docudrama

Examples from the Web for infotainment

Contemporary Examples of infotainment

As a result, in the U.S., public opinion suffers from what we call “infotainment.”
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age
Van Dyke Parks
June 4, 2014
The media mogul is thus one of the pioneers of the concept of “infotainment.”
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Peter Jukes
June 29, 2012

British Dictionary definitions for infotainment

infotainment

noun

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

Word Origin for infotainment

C20: from info + (enter) tainment

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Word Origin and History for infotainment

1983, from info- + entertainment.