feuilletonism

Etymology

From feuilleton + -ism.

feuilletonism means the light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why “feuilletonism” is a great word

FEUILLETONISM — [Noun] The practice or style of writing light, entertaining, and often serialized literary or journalistic pieces, characteristic of a feuilleton. From the French *feuilleton* (a supplement or leaf, especially a part of a newspaper devoted to light literature) + the English suffix *-ism* (denoting a practice or system). Unlike reportage, which denotes a sober chronicle of events, or polemic, which wages ideological war, feuilletonism is the art of civilized diversion. It is the pleasurable anxiety of a weekly cliffhanger, the witty column dissecting a fashionable foible, the gentle essay that transforms the ephemeral into a minor permanence—a testament to the belief that life’s surface, attentively polished, can also reflect a kind of depth.

noun

The light, entertaining writing style associated with feuilletons.