n.
a newspaper having pages half the size of those of a broadsheet, typically popular in style and dominated by sensational stories.
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as modifier]
chiefly N. Amer. lurid and sensational:
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a tabloid TV show.
Derivative
- tabloidization
or tabloidisation n.
Etymology
C19: from tablet + -oid; orig. a proprietary term for a medicinal tablet; the current sense reflects the notion of ‘concentrated, easily assimilable’.
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