sensationalism

IPA: sɛnsˈeɪʃʌnʌɫɪzʌm

noun

  • 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.
  • (philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
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Examples of "sensationalism" in Sentences

  • Exaggeration and sensationalism.
  • Otherwise it's just sensationalism.
  • Anything beyond that is effectively sensationalism.
  • It seems like a third rate potboiler biography written for sensationalism.
  • He remarks that the film is without any lurid sensationalism and is objective.

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