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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