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sensationalism
(encz) | sensationalism,senzacechtivost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Sensationalism
(gcide) | 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.
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2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or
speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
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sensationalism
(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: sensationalism, luridness]
3: (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only
criterion for what is good [syn: sensualism,
sensationalism]
4: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from
experience [syn: empiricism, empiricist philosophy,
sensationalism] |
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