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sensationalism

English

  1. 🔊 the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
    “the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation”
  2. 🔊 subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
  3. 🔊 (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
  4. 🔊 (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience

Spanish

  1. 🔊 efectismo sensationalism
  2. 🔊 sensacionalismo sensationalism
  3. 🔊 amarillismo sensationalism, as practised in the yellow press

Similar words

empiricism empiricist philosophy sensualism luridness barnumism thespian art affectation aggrandizement amateur theatricals amplification ballyhoo bedizenment big talk blatancy blood and thunder blowing up brazenness burlesque caricature colorfulness convolution crudeness dash dazzle