1. Literary or journalistic works, styles, or practices characteristic of feuilletons; serialized fiction or light essays published in newspapers or magazines.
Usage: plural form; literary/historical; often used to describe 19th-century European newspaper literature
2. Superficial, sensationalized, or trivial treatment of serious subjects in writing or journalism.
Usage: plural form; often pejorative

Examples

• The newspaper's feuilletonisms entertained readers with serialized romantic tales.
• Critics dismissed the magazine's feuilletonisms as mere entertainment lacking intellectual depth.
• 19th-century French feuilletonisms influenced the development of the modern novel.
• The author rejected feuilletonisms in favor of more serious literary pursuits.
• Readers eagerly awaited each installment of the feuilletonisms published in the daily press.