tabloid

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Noun

tabloid (plural tabloids)

1. (publishing) A newspaper having pages half the dimensions of the standard format.
2. (publishing) A newspaper, especially one in this format, that favours stories of a sensational or even fictitious nature over serious news.
3. (medicine, dated) A compressed portion of drugs, chemicals, etc.; a tablet.
   • 1911, Rudyard Kipling, “In the Same Boat”:

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Synonyms

• scandal sheet, tab (colloquial), yellow press

Antonyms

• broadsheet

Translations

• French: tabloïd, tabloïde
• German: Boulevardzeitung, Boulevardblatt, Boulevardpresse, Skandalpresse
• Portuguese: tabloide
• Russian: бульва́рная газе́та
• Spanish: tabloide

Adjective

tabloid (not comparable)

1. In the format of a tabloid.
2. Relating to a tabloid or tabloids.

   tabloid journalism

Translations

• French: tabloïd, tabloïde, tabloïde
• German: kleinformatig, Tabloid-
• Russian: бульва́рный

Translations

• German: boulevardesk
• Russian: бульва́рный

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