sensationalism   (TTS Sound)

The noun sensationalism has 4 senses

• sensationalism -- (subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes)


• sensationalism, luridness -- (the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation")


• sensualism, sensationalism -- ((philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good)


• empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism -- ((philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience)