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avrianismos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
avri-an-is-mos
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Etymology

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

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Questions

What does avrianismos mean?
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.
Where does avrianismos come from?
Transliteration of Greek αυριανισμός (avrianismós), from Αυριανή (Avrianí) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).

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