1. A style of writing or journalism characterized by light, entertaining, and often superficial treatment of serious subjects; the practice of writing feuilletons.
Usage: literary; journalism; somewhat dated

Examples

• The newspaper was criticized for its feuilletonism, prioritizing entertainment over hard news.
• Critics accused the magazine of feuilletonism for reducing complex political issues to gossip and anecdotes.
• Nineteenth-century feuilletonism made literature and current events accessible to the general public.
• The author rejected feuilletonism in favor of rigorous, in-depth analysis.
• Feuilletonism flourished in European newspapers during the 1800s as a popular form of serialized entertainment.