Sensationalism

  • 21sensationalism — noun (U) a way of reporting events or stories that makes them seem as strange, exciting, or shocking as possible, and in a way that people disapprove of sensationalist adjective: a sensationalist magazine article on teenage sex …

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  • 22sensationalism — n melodrama, luridness, vividness, shock; blood and thunder, blood and guts, yellow journalism; exaggeration, extremity, extravagance; emotionalism, sentimentality, mawkishness, maudlinness, morbidity …

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  • 23sensationalism — sen·sa·tion·al·ism …

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  • 24sensationalism — UK [senˈseɪʃ(ə)nəˌlɪz(ə)m] / US [senˈseɪʃən(ə)lˌɪzəm] noun [uncountable] a way of writing or talking about events that makes them seem as exciting or shocking as possible Derived words: sensationalist UK / US adjective sensationalist UK / US noun …

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  • 25sensationalism — [senˈseɪʃ(ə)nəˌlɪz(ə)m] noun [U] a way of reporting events, especially in a newspaper, that makes them seem as exciting or shocking as possible sensationalist adj …

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  • 26sensationalism — sen•sa•tion•al•ism [[t]sɛnˈseɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) the use of sensational subject matter or style 2) pho the philosophic doctrine that the good is to be judged only by the gratification of the senses • Etymology: 1840–50 sen•sa′tion•al•ist, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 27sensationalism — /sɛnˈseɪʃənəlɪzəm / (say sen sayshuhnuhlizuhm) noun 1. matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions, or to excite and please vulgar taste. 2. the exploitation of cheap emotional excitement by… …

  • 28sensationalism — n. 1 the use of or interest in the sensational in literature, political agitation, etc. 2 Philos. the theory that ideas are derived solely from sensation (opp. RATIONALISM). Derivatives: sensationalist n. & adj. sensationalistic adj …

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  • 30sensationalists — sensationalism …

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