2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sensationalism \Sen*sa"tion*al*ism\, n.
1. (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}, and
{rationalism}.
2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or
speaking; as the sensationalism of a novel.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sensationalism
n 1: subject matter that is calculated to excite and please
vulgar tastes
2: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to
vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to
maintain their circulation" [syn: {luridness}]
3: the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for
what is good [syn: {sensualism}]
4: the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience [syn: {empiricism},
{empiricist philosophy}]
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