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yellow press

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low -press
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the comic feature "The Yellow Kid" in the Journal newspaper, first published in 1895.

Inflected Forms

yellow presses (plural)

Phrases

yellow journalism

Frequently Paired Words

yellow journalism muckraking tabloidism

Synonyms

tabloid gutter press

Antonyms

broadsheet newspaper of record

Questions

What does yellow press mean?
Newspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.
Where does yellow press come from?
From the comic feature "The Yellow Kid" in the Journal newspaper, first published in 1895.

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