新しん聞ぶん学がく問もん

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Meanings

noun

knowledge gained from newspapers; information acquired from newspapers

Refers to the kind of practical, current-events knowledge one picks up by reading newspapers, often with a nuance of being broad but perhaps shallow.

彼かれの知ち識しきは新しん聞ぶん学がく問もんに過すぎない。

His knowledge is nothing more than what he's picked up from newspapers.

新しん聞ぶん学がく問もんだけでは深ふかい理り解かいは得えられない。

You can't gain deep understanding from newspaper knowledge alone.

Kanji

新new
聞hear, ask, listen
学study, learning, science
問question, ask, problem

Related words

新しん聞ぶん
新聞 is simply 'newspaper'; 新聞学問 specifically refers to the knowledge or learning derived from newspapers.
学がく問もん
学問 is 'learning' or 'scholarship' in general; 新聞学問 narrows it to knowledge acquired through newspapers.

Built from

新しん聞ぶん+学がく問もん

Etymology

Compound of 新聞 (newspaper) and 学問 (learning, knowledge). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term straightforwardly describes knowledge gained from newspaper reading.