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Definition of Sensationalism

1. Noun. Subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes.

2. Noun. The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes. "The tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"

3. Noun. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good.

4. Noun. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience.

Definition of Sensationalism

1. n. 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.

Definition of Sensationalism

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Medical Definition of Sensationalism

1. 1. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensationalism

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