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sensationalism |
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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