avrianismos

English

Etymology

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

Noun

avrianismos (uncountable)

1. (historical) Describes a fraction 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.