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Word: Muckraking
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
coined by President Theodore Roosevelt in a speech (1906) alluding to Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and the man with the muck rake
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈmʌkˌreɪkɪŋ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people
Short Definition:action of searching out and publicizing scandal about famous people
Examples:- a muckraking journalist
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