Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The use of sensational matter or methods, especially in writing, journalism, or politics.
- noun Sensational subject matter.
- noun Interest in or the effect of such subject matter.
- noun Philosophy The theory that sensation is the only source of knowledge.
- noun The ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion of good.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In philosophy, the theory or doctrine that all our ideas are solely derived through our senses or sensations; sensualism.
- noun Sensational writing or language; the presentation of matters or details of such a nature or in such a manner as to thrill the reader or to gratify vulgar curiosity: as, the sensationalism of the press.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metaph.) The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to
intuitionalism , andrationalism . - noun The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The use of
sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionallycontroversial ,exaggerated ,lurid ,loud , or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to newsmedia in apejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience ornotoriety but at the expense of accuracy andprofessionalism . - noun philosophy A theory of
philosophy that allknowledge isultimately derived from thesenses .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
- noun subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
- noun the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
- noun (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
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Examples
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The Saudi justice ministry says the system has ensured a right to object to the ruling without resorting to what it describes as sensationalism through the media.
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"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
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"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
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"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
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"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
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"I'm trying to keep the content of this report out of the hearing because we are going down what I call the sensationalism road," Perry said.
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The press seems more interested in sensationalism than in serious reporting.
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This fixation our society has on rumor and sensationalism is childish.
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I guess the temptation to succumb to the sensationalism is just too much for CNN to resist.
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I am sorry, Mr. Goldsmith, Civil War was a gratuitous exercise in sensationalism, trying to take silly ideas like Superhero Blockbuster (it is formatted very much like a Bay movie), applying a demagoguery hamfisted, hollywood-liberal demagoguery to it.
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