sensationalism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sensationalism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sensationalism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sensationalism n subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation" Synonym(s): sensationalism, luridness (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good Synonym(s): sensualism, sensationalism (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience Synonym(s): empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sensationalism \Sensa"tionalism\, 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.