magazinism

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English

Etymology

From magazine +‎ -ism.

Noun

magazinism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of writing for magazines, or in a style suited to magazines.
    • 1894, John Macmillan Brown, Manual of English Literature: Era of Expansion, 1750-1850, page 94:
      The style of Brougham and Jeffrey and Sydney Smith was moulded by their oratorical pursuits; and it gave the cue to magazinism through the earlier part of the period.
    • 2010, David Marc, Demographic Vistas: Television in American Culture, page 135:
      It is no wonder that the television industry has shied away from the dangers of discovery and committed itself to the ideology of demographic magazinism.
    • 2021, Jay Williams, Author Under Sail: The Imagination of Jack London, 1902-1907:
      "I have no income save what my pen brings me in the magazine and newspaper field." (Note that field is not plural; here he is thinking of both yellow journalism and yellow magazinism).