Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a physical appearance and exhibiting personal qualities that are deemed highly appealing to television viewers.
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- adjective having an
appearance and exhibitingqualities thought to beattractive totelevision viewers - adjective
televisual
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though Williams could hardly be described as telegenic, his story was made for TV
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Though Williams could hardly be described as telegenic, his story was made for TV.
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Though Williams could hardly be described as telegenic, his story was made for TV.
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Though Williams could hardly be described as telegenic, his story was made for TV
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We can fall back on more acceptable words like "telegenic" and "presence."
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He wasn't "telegenic" enough in the GOP primary, and he sure won't be "telegenic" enough in a general election.
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I really believe that Nicholas Blanford, who only supports those Lebanese demonstrators that he finds to be "telegenic", now writes the talking points of Hariri Inc. In fact, this article is a rehash of the pieces I read weeks ago in Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal.
Sunday, December 31, 2006 As'ad 2006
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I really believe that Nicholas Blanford, who only supports those Lebanese demonstrators that he finds to be "telegenic", now writes the talking points of Hariri Inc. In fact, this article is a rehash of the pieces I read weeks ago in Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal.
Thursday, December 14, 2006 As'ad 2006
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This is like the MERIP article on Lebanon by Nicholas Blanford that mentioned the "telegenic" crowds of one side of the demonstrators in Lebanon.
Sunday, July 31, 2005 As'ad 2005
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The Bush people, having concluded nearly two years before that taking strong action posed unacceptable risks, [10] now feared that popular outrage, momentarily fueled by just this sort of "telegenic" but (in their view) ephemeral atrocity, might drag them toward such involvement — or else, popular sentiment would penalize them politically (with the election barely three months away) for "doing nothing."
America and the Bosnia Genocide Danner, Mark 1997
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