Other forms: editorials
An editorial is the article where the newspaper itself gives its opinion. Read the editorial, an editorial line, a strong editorial.
It is unsigned because it speaks for the paper rather than a person, and in Britain it is also called the leader. Editorial independence means the newsroom deciding content without the owner or advertisers, which is the whole basis of a paper's credibility. As an adjective, editorial means to do with editing: editorial changes, editorial judgement.
1nouneditorialThe article where a newspaper gives its own opinion.
“The newspaper's editorial criticised the government's plan.”
2adjectiveeditingTo do with editing.
“The magazine's editorial team checks every article before it is printed.”
editorial is an opinion article.
Medieval Latin
ēditor
English
editor
English, today
editorial
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From editor + -ial. editor comes from Medieval Latin ēditor. From Medieval Latin ēditor, from Latin ēditor, from ēditus, perfect passive participle of ēdō (“give out, put forth, publish”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA