pabulum
/ˈpabjʊləm
/(also pablum)
noun [mass noun] literary
Bland or insipid intellectual matter, entertainment, etc.I think what documentary filmmakers do is make an attempt - and non-fiction writing does this as well - to actually provide some understanding of the world, not just information and not just pabulum, but understanding....
- The album continues in that vein, reminding listeners that aggressive, well-produced rock doesn't have to sound like Top 40 pabulum.
- It's telling the truth instead of political pabulum.
Origin
Mid 17th century (in the sense 'food'): from Latin, from the stem of pascere 'to feed'.
Rhymes
- in (or out of) training
- in (or out of) tune
- in (or over) the course of time
- in (or to) excess
- in (or under) full sail
- in (or with) calf
- in (or with) foal
- in (or within) living memory
- in (or within) one's sights
- in (or within) sight of
- inosculate
- inosculation
- inosine
- inositol
- in other words
- inotropic
- inotropy
- in our (or your, their, etc.) midst
- in outline
- in ovo
- I-now
- INP
- in pairs
- in pale
- in paperback