sexationalism
/sɛkˈseɪʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ /sɛkˈseɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ /sɛkˈseɪʃən(ə)lɪz(ə)m/(also sexsationalism) originally US informal
noun
The exploiting of sexually sensational material to solicit public interest.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Time. Alteration of sensationalism, after sex.
- supraopticohypophysial
- supraorbital
- supraorganism
- suprapapillary
- suprapedal
- suprapersonal
- suprapharyngeal
- supraphysiological
- supraposition
- supra protest
- suprapubian
- suprapubic
- suprapygal
- supraquantivalent
- suprarelational
- suprarenal
- suprarenalin
- suprarenaline
- suprarenin
- suprasaturate
- suprascapula
- suprascapular
- suprascript
- suprasegmental
- suprasegmentally