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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Noun

Is there a noun associated to the adjective 'photogenic'?



For instance, 'beauty' is the noun associated to 'beautiful'.

  

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Christine Christie Is there a noun associated to the adjective 'photogenic'? Interesting. No.

  • Christine Christie Is there a noun associated to the adjective 'photogenic'?
  • Interesting.
  • No.
  • The word "photogenic" was coined in the 1830s to describe a photographic process.
  • It was not until a hundred years later that it was picked up in the US and used to mean what it commonly does today.
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Christine ChristieIs there a noun associated to the adjective 'photogenic'?

Interesting. No. The word "photogenic" was coined in the 1830s to describe a photographic process. It was not until a hundred years later that it was picked up in the US and used to mean what it commonly does today. It never developed a commonly used noun, but I guess there is no la

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"Photogenic", as used today in the US, means takes a good picture. Generally, this would mean the person is good-looking, or at least appears so on film. So, pressing it, an associated noun might be: beauty or handsomeness.

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