单词 | sensationalist |
释义 | sensationalistn.adj. A. n. 1. Philosophy. A person who holds that all knowledge is derived from the senses; an adherent or proponent of sensationalism (sensationalism n. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [noun] > philosophy of sense perception > sensualism > adherent of sensationist1801 sensationalist1846 sensist1850 sensualist1852 1846 J. D. Morell Hist. & Crit. View Speculative Philos. I. i. ii. 180 The rapid advances..which were made by the sensationalists towards overturning the foundations of morality and religion. 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. II. 228 [Hobbes] is the precursor of modern sensationalists [1846 ed. Materialism]. 1903 Monist 13 567 At bottom he is openly a sensationalist: Sentire est sapere. 1977 M. Cohen Sensible Words 141 Tuveson insists on his own misreading of Locke as a sensationalist. 2015 J. Packer Alien Life & Human Purpose iii. 103 The dangerous sensationalists of the time were the followers of proto-utilitarian philosopher John Locke. 2. A person who seeks to cause a strong emotional response; a journalist, artist, etc., making use of sensational material or language, or a sensationalistic style, in order to provoke public interest or excitement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > sensationalizing > one who sensationist1857 sensationalist1861 1861 Times of India 24 Dec. Rossini..refuses to publish music for a society that has insulted him by calling the sensationalist Verdi his rival. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Aug. 3/1 The most dangerous of modern criminals..is above all a great sensationalist. 1918 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Nov. 4/4 He became a sensationalist, who snatched eagerly at gross passions and horrors in order to extract from them a thrill for his audience. 1966 Flying Oct. 120/2 Rather than being sensationalists, many made shy disclosures of observations they expected to be ostracized for. 2006 M. MacPherson All Govts. Lie! (2008) xxiv. 393 A sensationalist who used vendetta-like information from any available source. B. adj. 1. Philosophy. Of, relating to, or characterized by sensationalism (sensationalism n. 1). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > epistemology > [adjective] > of perception > relating to sensualism sensational1801 sensualistic1828 sensual1829 sensualist1839 sensationalist1846 sensationalistic1846 sensist1850 sensistic1856 sensationist1868 sensationistic1899 1846 J. D. Morell Hist. & Crit. View Speculative Philos. I. i. ii. 198 The empiricism of the sensationalist school. 1877 E. Caird Crit. Acct. Philos. Kant Introd. iv. 60 The sensationalist view of the development of knowledge. 1904 Mind 13 453 A purely sensationalist theory of the higher powers. 1973 M. M. Badawi Coleridge ii. 64 For the apparent influence of sensationalist philosophy upon Coleridge see..his MS note in the margin. 2006 Proc. & Addr. Amer. Philos. Assoc. 80 73 It is axiomatic to the sensationalist project that one begins life with a tabula rasa. 2. Seeking, or intended to cause, a strong emotional response; characterized by the use of sensational material or language; melodramatic, lurid.In quot. 1862: inclined to a strong emotional response. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > sensational sensationary1755 lurid1850 sensational1859 sensationist1859 sensationalist1862 sensationalistic1863 yellow book1895 pulpy1915 1862 Illustr. London News 18 Jan. 66/2 An acrobat attraction, which species of wonder appears to be now the strongest with a sensationalist generation. 1939 Crisis Dec. 366/1 A source of inspiration to the sensationalist press. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 Sept. 6/3 How the media has portrayed hypnosis, like in sensationalist '50s movies when Dracula hypnotises girls to take their clothes off. 2015 D. Stone Liberation of Camps 103 Another, more sensationalist account claims that the first American soldiers into Gusen found body parts lying in the mud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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