think piece

American  

[thingk pees] / ˈθɪŋk ˌpis /

Or thinkpiece

noun

1. Also called dope story.  Journalism. an article, as in a magazine or journal, analyzing and giving the background of a news event or public issue, usually with the author's opinions.

   Our assessments in this think piece are inherently subjective.

2. an artistic work, film, etc., that stimulates thought and discussion.

   a cinematic think piece on the meaning of “heroism.”

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think piece Idioms  

1. An article that presents news analysis, background material, and the author's opinions, as in Her goal was to write think pieces but the editor kept assigning crime stories. [c. 1940]

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Etymology

Origin of think piece

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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think piece

Pitched somewhere between a whodunit and a think piece, the film follows Tegan and Carr as they attempt to track down the digital con artist they call Fake Tegan, or Fegan for short.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024

Instead, the enticement of this sort of think piece delights not in the brutality of violence but in the intricacy of the artful con.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2024

In one of those breaks, he might produce six or seven 500-word CD reviews, a 1,000-word think piece, two 2,500-word essays and a 4,000- or 5,000-word blowout.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022

“The show is not a think piece or anything,” Edelman said late one winter afternoon, sitting in a small West Village park in the drizzly cold.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022

It's a think piece, and as much cathartic to watch as it is troubling.

From Salon ● May 5, 2021