| 释义 |
sen·sa·tion·al·ism
\-shənəlˌizəm, -shnəˌli-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: sensational + -ism
1.
a. : sensational subject matter or treatment of subject matter or the use of such matter or treatment (as in a literary or dramatic work)
< the story is told without swagger or sensationalism — Margaret Hexter >
< the sensationalism of the daily press >
b. : the effect of such subject matter or treatment
< the desire for sensationalism for its own sake, as sometimes fulfilled in news of sex and crime, must be placed very low in the scale — F.L.Mott >
2. : a doctrine in ethics that postulates feeling as the sole criterion of good; sensualism
3. : a doctrine in philosophy that postulates the origin of all our knowledge in sensation or sense perceptions; also : the view that all knowledge is made up of sense elements — contrasted with rationalism; compare associationism, empiricism
4. : sensationism 2 |