fauxtograph

名词 n.
发音 fōʹtəgräf

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fake, staged, or doctored photograph.
    — That was one of the factors in the fauxtograph scandal a year or so ago. If AP and Reuters didn't photograph and publish the staged events provided for them, they wouldn't be allowed to stay in the country and would lose the ability to cover more staged events.

词形变化

fauxtographs plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin fallō
Latin falsus
Old French fals
Middle French faulx
French fauxubor.
English faux
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)
Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)
Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.
English photo-
Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-
Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō
Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)
Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der.
English -graph
English photograph
blend
English fauxtograph
Blend of faux + photograph; compare fauxtography.
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