netizen
noun
net·i·zen
ˈne-tə-zən 
also -sən
: an active participant in the online community of the Internet
Examples of netizen in a Sentence
the dismaying rudeness that so many netizens exhibit while online
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One of them is the King of Pop himself Michael Jackson, and many netizens are believing a claim that the two were connected through an underground tunnel.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
Naturally, netizens reacted to the resurfaced clip, calling for the artist to be jailed, while others criticized law enforcement for not acting sooner.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
For Chinese netizens, the concert was also a homecoming for the American rapper, who spent a year in the city of Nanjing, when his mother Donda West was an English professor at a local university.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
The video received major positive reactions from netizens who praised Boosie and T.I. for teaching their kids right from wrong.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2024
Naturally, netizens reacted to the resurfaced clip, calling for the artist to be jailed, while others criticized law enforcement for not acting sooner.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 24 Sep. 2024
For Chinese netizens, the concert was also a homecoming for the American rapper, who spent a year in the city of Nanjing, when his mother Donda West was an English professor at a local university.
—Denni Hu, WWD, 17 Sep. 2024
The video received major positive reactions from netizens who praised Boosie and T.I. for teaching their kids right from wrong.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Netizen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/netizen. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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netizen
noun
net·i·zen
ˈnet-ə-zən
: a user of the Internet
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