human interest

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noun

a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.

Origin of human interest

First recorded in 1775–80

OTHER WORDS FROM human interest

human-interest, adjective

Words nearby human interest

human geography, human growth hormone, humanics, human immunodeficiency virus, human insulin, human interest, human-interest story, humanism, humanist, humanistic psychology, humanitarian

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Example sentences from the Web for human interest

But human-interest stories dominated the pageant this year in an unprecedented way.
Autism, Breast Cancer, and the Changing Miss America Pageant|Kevin Fallon|January 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The photographs entered must be of good workmanship, of human-interest and must preferably tell a story.
Making Your Camera Pay|Frederick C. Davis
For the newspapers it was a rich source of human-interest stories.
Post-Impressions|Simeon Strunsky
In this field of reporting there are many opportunities for the human-interest story which will be taken up in a later chapter.
Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence|Grant Milnor Hyde

First, Harte originated a new and incalculably influential type of story: the romantically picturesque "human-interest" story.
Selected Stories|Bret Harte
Graham was a good reporter, and he had a genius for human-interest yarns.
Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories|Albert Payson Terhune

British Dictionary definitions for human interest

human interest

noun

(in a newspaper story, news broadcasting, etc) reference to individuals and their emotions

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单词	human interest
释义	human interest SEE SYNONYMS FOR human interest ON THESAURUS.COM noun a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described. Origin of human interest First recorded in 1775–80 OTHER WORDS FROM human interest human-interest, adjective Words nearby human interest human geography, human growth hormone, humanics, human immunodeficiency virus, human insulin, human interest, human-interest story, humanism, humanist, humanistic psychology, humanitarian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for human interest But human-interest stories dominated the pageant this year in an unprecedented way. Autism, Breast Cancer, and the Changing Miss America Pageant\|Kevin Fallon\|January 13, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The photographs entered must be of good workmanship, of human-interest and must preferably tell a story. Making Your Camera Pay\|Frederick C. Davis For the newspapers it was a rich source of human-interest stories. Post-Impressions\|Simeon Strunsky In this field of reporting there are many opportunities for the human-interest story which will be taken up in a later chapter. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence\|Grant Milnor Hyde First, Harte originated a new and incalculably influential type of story: the romantically picturesque "human-interest" story. Selected Stories\|Bret Harte Graham was a good reporter, and he had a genius for human-interest yarns. Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories\|Albert Payson Terhune British Dictionary definitions for human interest human interest noun (in a newspaper story, news broadcasting, etc) reference to individuals and their emotions Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to human interest pathos, schmaltz, sentimentalism, heartbreaker, tearjerker
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human interest

noun

Origin of human interest

OTHER WORDS FROM human interest

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Example sentences from the Web for human interest

British Dictionary definitions for human interest

noun

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