"supersoap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: supersoaps [plural]
Etymology: super- + soap Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|super|soap}} super- + soap Head templates: {{en-noun}} supersoap (plural supersoaps)
  1. A significant or popular soap opera.
    Sense id: en-supersoap-en-noun-2oG78xNW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with super-

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2012, Sexual Ideology in the Works of Alan MooreTodd A. Comer",
          "text": "The success of the Royal Wedding as propaganda was not solely rooted in a respect for monarchical authority; rather, the eighties was characterized by a growing tendency to see Royal affairs as an engrossing “supersoap” (Olechnowicz 279).",
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