MASS MEDIUM (mass media)

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Irregular inflected form: mass media   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does mass medium mean? 

• MASS MEDIUM (noun)
  The noun MASS MEDIUM has 1 sense:

1. (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

  Familiarity information: MASS MEDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASS MEDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

mass medium; medium

Hypernyms ("mass medium" is a kind of...):

transmission (communication by means of transmitted signals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mass medium"):

broadcast medium; broadcasting (a medium that disseminates via telecommunications)