sensationalism
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English
Etymology
From sensational + -ism.
Noun
sensationalism (countable and uncountable, plural sensationalisms)
- The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
- 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 9:
- Newspaper articles also were generally positive in tone, although a tendency towards sensationalism means that the spread of hybrid forms is occasionally touted as the universal language of the future.
- (philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
Synonyms
- (epistemic doctrine): sensualism
Antonyms
Translations
use of style and subject matter that is intentionally controversial, lurid, or attention-grabbing
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Further reading
- “sensationalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “sensationalism”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “sensationalism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Sensationalism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
