Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In metaphysics, a believer in or an upholder of the doctrine of sensationalism or sensualism: sometimes used adjectively.
- noun A sensational writer or speaker.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Metaph.) An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.
- noun One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
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- adjective
Sensationalistic ; tending tosensationalize ; characterized bysensationalism (the use ofexaggerated orlurid material in order to gain public attention). - noun One who
indulges insensational behavior or action - noun One who believes or
espouses sensationalism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
Etymologies
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Examples
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At best, these weeklies printed what one white author termed “items generally not of interest to whites” at worst, they were called sensationalist and hostile to whites.
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This subject matter could easily result in sensationalist drivel, but instead Lankford has crafted an exciting and thought-provoking story which examines the feasibility of such an event, as well as its moral and physical implications.
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He is frequently described as a sensationalist, but such a view is certainly incorrect.
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WOLFFE: I think this is a media environment which is sensationalist, that is manufacturing a story.
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WOLFFE: I think this is a media environment which is sensationalist, that is manufacturing a story.
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The screening of Club for a Fiver six months after the season ended jolted Sitton into sending a lengthy hand-written letter to the Leyton Orientear fanzine which, declaring an interest, I edited at the time, deriding a documentary "that at best can only be described as sensationalist and at worst totally inaccurate and unbalanced".
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And if Thomas's description seems sensationalist, that is hardly surprising, for the American did more than any other single person to turn Lawrence into a glittering multimedia global celebrity, a fable, a saint and a myth.
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It can only be described as sensationalist and disgusting.
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WOLFFE: I think this is a media environment which is sensationalist, that is manufacturing a story.
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Pawlenty only thrives on delivering "sensationalist" speeches to undereducated Minnesotans that know no better.
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