English edit

Etymology edit

tabloid +‎ -ism

Noun edit

tabloidism (usually uncountable, plural tabloidisms)

  1. The practices of tabloid journalism; gaudy sensationalism.
    • 2009 June 22, Jon Caramanica, “Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen”, in New York Times[1]:
      It was a high-water mark of indie-rock tabloidism — or of major-network hipster-slumming.