Phrase guide

yellow press

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: collective, idiomatic, usually

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: tabloids, gutter press

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tabloid, gutter press

Antonyms: broadsheet, newspaper of record

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صِحَافَة صَفْرَاء (ṣiḥāfa ṣafrāʔ) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Armenian: դեղին մամուլ (deġin mamul) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Azerbaijani: sarı mətbuat — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Catalan: premsa groga — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃色新聞 /黄色新闻 (huángsè xīnwén) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黃色新聞學 /黄色新闻学 (huángsè xīnwénxué) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Czech: bulvární tisk — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Dutch: boulevardpers — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Dutch: schandaalpers — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Finnish: keltainen lehdistö — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Finnish: sensaatiolehdistö — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Finnish: bulevardilehdistö — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Finnish: skandaalilehdistö — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • French: presse à sensation — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • French: presse à scandale — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • French: presse jaune — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Georgian: ყვითელი პრესა (q̇viteli ṗresa) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • German: Regenbogenpresse — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • German: Boulevardpresse — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Greek: κίτρινος τύπος (kítrinos týpos) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Indonesian: koran kuning — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Japanese: 黄色新聞 (kiiro shinbun) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Japanese: イエロープレス (ierōpuresu) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Japanese: イエロー・ジャーナリズム (ierō-jānarizumu) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Korean: 황색신문 (hwangsaeksinmun) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Korean: 옐로 저널리즘 (yello jeoneollijeum) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Polish: prasa brukowa — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Portuguese: imprensa marrom — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Russian: жёлтая пре́сса (žóltaja préssa) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Russian: бульва́рная пре́сса (bulʹvárnaja préssa) — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Spanish: prensa amarilla — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Spanish: prensa amarillista — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles
  • Spanish: amarillismo — newspapers which publish sensationalist articles