amarillismo
Spanish
Etymology
From prensa amarilla (“yellow press”) + -ismo (“-ism”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʝismo/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʝiz.mo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʎismo/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʎiz.mo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʃismo/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʃiz.mo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /amaɾiˈʒismo/ [a.ma.ɾiˈʒiz.mo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -ismo
- Syllabification: a‧ma‧ri‧llis‧mo
Noun
amarillismo m (uncountable)
- sensationalism, as practised in the yellow press
- Synonym: sensacionalismo
Related terms
Further reading
- “amarillismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025