Meanings
plural yellow presses
- collectiveidiomaticusuallyNewspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.
Near-synonyms: tabloids, gutter press
1 more example
The Olivette incident has often been cited as emblematic of the distortions published by Hearst and the rest of the yellow press during the Cuban revolution, but it seems to have been founded in an honest mistake.
1986, G. J. A. O'Toole, The Spanish War: An American Epic, page 82Synonyms: tabloid, gutter press · Antonyms: broadsheet, newspaper of record
Synonyms & antonyms
nounNewspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.
Origin
From the comic feature "The Yellow Kid" in the Journal newspaper, first published in 1895.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic صِحَافَة صَفْرَاء
- صِحَافَة صَفْرَاء (ṣiḥāfa ṣafrāʔ)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Catalan premsa groga
- premsa groganewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Chinese Mandarin 黃色新聞 /黄色新闻, 黃色新聞學 /黄色新闻学
- 黃色新聞 /黄色新闻 (huángsè xīnwén)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- 黃色新聞學 /黄色新闻学 (huángsè xīnwénxué)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Czech bulvární tisk
- bulvární tisknewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Dutch boulevardpers, schandaalpers
- boulevardpersnewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- schandaalpersnewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Finnish keltainen lehdistö, sensaatiolehdistö
- keltainen lehdistönewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- sensaatiolehdistönewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- bulevardilehdistönewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- skandaalilehdistönewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
French presse à sensation, presse à scandale
- presse à sensationnewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- presse à scandalenewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- presse jaunenewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
German Regenbogenpresse, Boulevardpresse
- Regenbogenpressenewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- Boulevardpressenewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Greek κίτρινος τύπος
- κίτρινος τύπος (kítrinos týpos)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Indonesian koran kuning
- koran kuningnewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Japanese 黄色新聞, イエロープレス
- 黄色新聞 (kiiro shinbun)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- イエロープレス (ierōpuresu)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- イエロー・ジャーナリズム (ierō-jānarizumu)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Korean 황색신문, 옐로 저널리즘
- 황색신문 (hwangsaeksinmun)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- 옐로 저널리즘 (yello jeoneollijeum)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Polish prasa brukowa
- prasa brukowanewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Portuguese imprensa marrom
- imprensa marromnewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Russian жёлтая пре́сса, бульва́рная пре́сса
- жёлтая пре́сса (žóltaja préssa)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- бульва́рная пре́сса (bulʹvárnaja préssa)newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Spanish prensa amarilla, prensa amarillista
- prensa amarillanewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- prensa amarillistanewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
- amarillismonewspapers which publish sensationalist articles
Cite this entry
yellow press. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20press
“yellow press.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20press. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow press,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20press.
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