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something that maintains or stimulates the intellect we have reached a cultural low if reality television is regarded as pabulum for the masses

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Recent Examples on the Web This was culture as interchangeable primetime pabulum; three minutes apiece for the acts to impress the new judges and boost sales. Mike McCahill, Variety, 8 May 2023 Twitter account, which spouted pabulum about the decency of the human spirit, became extremely popular. New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021 Try to imagine Britain’s prime minister rallying his nation to fight the Nazi war machine armed with this progressive pabulum. Joseph Loconte, National Review, 9 Sep. 2020 After quoting extensively from a Communist writer, Kengor dismisses the content of the quotation out of hand without making any argument: This, of course, is relativistic pabulum. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020 His onscreen counterpart in the film adaptation of this story, Memoir of a Murderer, trades in this complexity for more standard antihero pabulum (his only desire is to keep Eunhui safe). Alana Mohamed, The Atlantic, 11 June 2019 The pabulum that passes for most reviews is an insult to the intelligence of most readers. Christian Lorentzen, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019 They are just being fed this pabulum of leftist ideology. Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018 Direct pronouncements from him are so rare that even this pabulum was treated as push-alert-worthy news. Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2018

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“Pabulum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pabulum. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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