tabloidism
nounEtymology From tabloid + -ism.
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Usually The practices of tabloid journalism; gaudy sensationalism.
- Near-synonym: yellow journalism
- It was a high-water mark of indie-rock tabloidism — or of major-network hipster-slumming.2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- muckraking, yellow press