"telegenic" meaning in English

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      "form": "more telegenic",
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      "word": "photogenic"
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          "text": "The young politician was very telegenic."
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          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "word": "televisiu"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "word": "filmaattinen"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "telegeeninen"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "tags": [
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "télégénique"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "word": "telegen"
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          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "word": "teiligineach"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
          "word": "telegenico"
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          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
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          "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "word": "mediagenic"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "word": "televisiu"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "télégénique"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "word": "telegen"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "word": "teiligineach"
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      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "word": "telegenico"
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      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
      "word": "telegenic"
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      "sense": "having an appearance and exhibiting qualities attractive to television viewers",
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