What does soft news mean?

soft news means "news that does not deal with serious topics or events".

Is soft news a common word?

soft news is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

soft news — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
news that does not deal with serious topics or events
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What does soft news mean?: soft news means "news that does not deal with serious topics or events".
Is soft news a common word?: soft news is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for soft news come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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