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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

社説

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shasetsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Editorial/ˌɛdɪˈtɔːriəl/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"今朝の新聞の社説は教育問題を取り上げている。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.

    "The morning paper published a hard-hitting editorial about the new economic policy."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the commissioning or preparing of material for publication.

    "She took on a new role as the head of editorial operations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'editor' (one who brings forth or publishes), which comes from 'edere' (to produce, put forth). In the 19th century, the term evolved to describe the opinion essays written by the editors of a publication.

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