(pawp.uh.rawt.suh.fuh.KAY.shun)
n.
The act or process of trivializing or dumbing down.
Example Citation:
Century City went mad with celebrities, VIPs and paparazzi Monday night for the premiere at the Cineplex Odeon of the new Constantin Costa-Gavras film, 'Mad City,' starring Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Mia Kirshner and Alan Alda. This is a film with a message, and the message is the media, or 'the paparazzification of the media,' as Costa-Gavras describes this hostage drama about a TV reporter (Hoffman) who makes the news happen at the same time he reports it.
— Mark Ehrman, "The Media Were Right On Cue," The Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1997
Earliest Citation:
I'm a victim, I tell you — a victim of tabloidization and paparazzification and voyeurization and probably four or five other -izations that don't even have names yet.
— Sally Kalson, "A craving for wedding bell news," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 30, 1996
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New words. 2013.