avrianismos

Meanings

1. A faction of the press in Greece in the era of 1980-1990 that employed yellow press/tabloid tactics, i.e., salacious revelations concerning the private life of politicians for sociopolitical relevance.

Etymology

Transliteration of Greek αυριανισμός (avrianismós), from Αυριανή (Avrianí) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).