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[ sen-sey-shuh-nl-iz-uhm ] / sɛnˈseɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sensationalism ON THESAURUS.COM
nounsubject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste. the use of or interest in this subject matter, language, or style: The cheap tabloids relied on sensationalism to increase their circulation. Philosophy. - the doctrine that the good is to be judged only by the gratification of the senses.
- the doctrine that all ideas are derived from and are essentially reducible to sensations.
Psychology. sensationism. Origin of sensationalismFirst recorded in 1840–50; sensational + -ism OTHER WORDS FROM sensationalismsen·sa·tion·al·ist, noun, adjectivesen·sa·tion·al·is·tic, adjectivenon·sen·sa·tion·al·is·tic, adjectiveWords nearby sensationalismseñorita, sensate, sensate focus, sensation, sensational, sensationalism, sensationalize, sensationism, sense, Sense and Sensibility, sense datum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sensationalismThe history of journalism is filled with hoaxes, sensationalism, and widespread misconceptions. I Blame People Who Blame the Media: Robert McCulloch’s Tone-Deaf Speech|Arthur Chu|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST One of his kinder letters of recommendation warned that his scholarship was “open to the charge of sensationalism.” Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Fellini had actual press photographers on set to leak tidbits to keep the sensationalism around the film alive. Exposed: Paparazzi vs. the Stars Over the Past 50 Years|Sarah Moroz|February 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST But she warns against the sensationalism that such studies spark. Can Food Make You Infertile? Foods to Eat and Avoid|Anneli Rufus|December 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Stewart's outrage at the sensationalism and superficiality of cable is largely on target. The Day D.C. Went Sane|Howard Kurtz|October 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST He abhorred the intricacies of sexuality in fiction as strongly as he abhorred modern "sensationalism." Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I (of II)|Edmund Downey Sensationalism is the florid hectic of art's decay, whether in painting or in literature. The Old Masters and Their Pictures|Sarah Tytler Sensationalism, too, as a psychological theory in the history of thought has always been associated with materialism. The Will to Doubt|Alfred H. Lloyd I have observed that Viscount Jellicoe avoids any approach to sensationalism. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920|Various It is the national habit in literature and religion to call that sensationalism which we ourselves cannot do. Around The Tea-Table|T. De Witt Talmage
British Dictionary definitions for sensationalism
nounthe use of sensational language, etc, to arouse an intense emotional response such sensational matter itself Also called: sensualism philosophy - the doctrine that knowledge cannot go beyond the analysis of experience
- ethics the doctrine that the ability to gratify the senses is the only criterion of goodness
psychol the theory that all experience and mental life may be explained in terms of sensations and remembered images aesthetics the theory of the beauty of sensuality in the arts Also called (for senses 3, 4): sensationism Derived forms of sensationalismsensationalist, noun, adjectivesensationalistic, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sensationalismwhopper, boasting, puffery, excess, hype, fabrication, aggrandizement, hyperbole, overemphasis, fish story, yellow journalism |