vertrossing

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Dutch

Etymology

From ver- +‎ TROS +‎ -ing (Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvɛrˈtrɔ.sɪŋ/, /vərˈtrɔ.sɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ver‧tros‧sing
  • Rhymes: -ɔsɪŋ

Noun

vertrossing f (uncountable)

  1. (Netherlands, chiefly derogatory) a process in which public broadcasting organisations increasingly focus on entertainment over educative television and radio and lose their distinctive (ideological or religious) character, considered a symptom of semi-commercialism and degenerate mass culture by critics

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