televisual

adjective

tele·​vi·​su·​al ˌte-lə-ˈvi-zhə-wəl How to pronounce televisual (audio)
-zhəl;
-ˈvizh-wəl
chiefly British
: of, relating to, or suitable for broadcast by television

Examples of televisual in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But our praise songs to televisual art have largely ignored the most popular — and the most richly televisual — TV of all. Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023 Every nook and cranny of this teeming televisual world is its own ecosystem. Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023 Not since the series began has Brooker had such rich pickings to reinvent as a televisual nightmare. Neil McRobert, ELLE, 22 June 2023 Our critic picks 30 TV shows from around the globe to stream right now: Interested in expanding your televisual horizons? Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023 Rock can bubble up in the same way that Kate Bush or Disney show tunes can: through memorable televisual exposure. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 18 Jan. 2023 This Bulgaria-shot production would, however, benefit from richer atmospherics: Despite adequate design contributions and a widescreen format, Denis Crossan’s cinematography has a somewhat plain, televisual look. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022 These highly televisual events, with little context or sense of scale, spread rapidly across digital platforms, often going viral and kicking off a secondary media cycle over the virality itself. Wired, 4 Aug. 2022 But was this really Chase chasing cinema, or discovering and capitalizing on latent, intrinsically televisual storytelling possibilities that were there all along? Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of televisual was in 1912

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Cite this Entry

“Televisual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/televisual. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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