pseudo-event

Example Sentences

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Sixty years ago, Daniel J. Boorstin, a historian who became the Librarian of Congress, came up with a term: the "pseudo-event."

From Fox News • Aug. 1, 2021

Resplendent with ritual and ceremony, this event certainly deserves an honored place in the pseudo-event Hall of Fame.

From Salon • Feb. 29, 2020

Every pseudo-event “becomes all the more interesting with our every effort to debunk it.”

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2018

"Boorstin described public-opinion research as 'a kind of pseudo-event, forced into existence for the primary purpose of being reported.'"

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2018

Beyond that, it is, like the Comedy Central roasts, a pseudo-event that exists mostly to be talked about.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2016