Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being like saffron; hence, yellowness: in the extract, an allusion to ‘yellow’ journalism.
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Though it must be noted that such attempts by the self-proclaimed sentinels of saffronism would not be very different from the tactics of fundamentalist groups like the Taliban.
Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email. 2009
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