human interest

US /ˌhjuː.mən ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.əst/
UK /ˌhjuː.mən ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.əst/
"human interest" picture
1.

the emotional or personal appeal of a story or subject, as opposed to its purely factual or technical aspects

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The documentary focused on the human interest stories of the survivors.
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Newspapers often feature articles with strong human interest.
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emotional appealpersonal appealhuman elementpathos
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