pablum

noun

pab·​lum ˈpa-bləm How to pronounce pablum (audio)

Examples of pablum in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His view of the latest wave of tech is not all that different from the pablum many of us hear daily. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 To believe such pablum is to believe that China is not truly an adversary. Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024 My understanding of the Three Represents as an important pivot in the ruling party’s ideology had been completely squeezed out of the document and replaced with pablum. Cai Xia, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2020 These are more like cultural atmospheres, performed mainly online, with names and looks and hashtags, an easy visual pablum. Mireille Silcoff, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pablum 

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Word History

Etymology

from Pablum, a trademark for an infant cereal

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pablum was in 1932

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“Pablum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pablum. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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