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sensationalism
[ sen-sey-shuh-nl-iz-uhm ]
noun
- subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
- the use of or interest in this subject matter, language, or style:
The cheap tabloids relied on sensationalism to increase their circulation.
- Philosophy.
- the doctrine that the good is to be judged only by the gratification of the senses.
- the doctrine that all ideas are derived from and are essentially reducible to sensations.
- Psychology. sensationism.
sensationalism
/ ɛˈɪʃəəˌɪə /
noun
- the use of sensational language, etc, to arouse an intense emotional response
- such sensational matter itself
- Also calledsensualism philosophy
- the doctrine that knowledge cannot go beyond the analysis of experience
- ethics the doctrine that the ability to gratify the senses is the only criterion of goodness
- psychol the theory that all experience and mental life may be explained in terms of sensations and remembered images
- aesthetics the theory of the beauty of sensuality in the arts
Derived Forms
- ˌپDzԲˈپ, adjective
- ˈپDzԲ, nounadjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ·tDz·· noun adjective
- ·tDz··t adjective
- non·tDz··t adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sensationalism1
Example Sentences
Though it was inspired by a spate of real-world knife attacks — the sort of material that might invite sensationalism or prompt a heavy-handed lecture — “Adolescence” avoids both.
The Times quotes one man who intends to vote for Trump who said, “’I think the media blows stuff out of proportion for sensationalism.’”
For decades, the American news media with its endless 24/7 coverage, sensationalism, traffic-chasing, and an “if it bleeds it leads” ethos has contributed to this problem instead of intervening against it.
In an hourlong chat, they discussed girlhood, violence and making a true-crime series that sidesteps sensationalism.
He added: "Their story, you may recall, was a sensation and was reported sensationally, but you do not deal in sensationalism."
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