sensationalism

== English == === Etymology === From sensational + -ism. === Pronunciation === === Noun === sensationalism (countable and uncountable, plural sensationalisms) 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. ==== Synonyms ==== (epistemic doctrine): sensualism ==== Antonyms ==== antisensationalism ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “sensationalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “sensationalism”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “sensationalism”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Sensationalism in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)