In modern entertainment circles, gossip is often used as a propaganda tool to match the real artists in popular culture and arouse the audience's three-dimensional association in order to successfully establish a public image. Therefore, gossip is synonymous with the spread of gossip about celebrities in modern times. Most of it is spread in tabloids and some small media, or it is hearsay, or it is out of nothing, or the more it is spread, the more outrageous it is.
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Similar synonyms to the word gossip are:
(1) public opinion, pronounced as yú lùn, is the sum total of basically consistent beliefs, opinions and attitudes expressed by the public on specific public affairs in a specific time and space. From the Song Dynasty? Su Shunqin's Yi Shu: "If the imperial court has lost, it will be heard by public opinion." It means the fault of the imperial court, and I have heard some public opinions.
(2) slander, pronounced as fēi yǔ, originally refers to unfounded words, but now it refers to slander and slander spread behind others' backs. From Records of the Historian Wei Qiwu's Biography of Anhou: "There are bad words to smell." It means to hear some unfounded words.
③ Gossip, pronounced as liú yán, refers to a widely circulated or unfounded statement; Words circulated by everyone; Spread unfounded words. From Zhu Xi's Biography of Zhu Xi in the Song Dynasty: "Gossip, floating waves are not rooted." It means that gossip is something without foundation.