Sensational Synonyms & Definitions

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• SensationalDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
2. (a.) Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.
3. (a.) Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report.

• SensationalismDefinition & Meaning in English

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.
2. (n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.

• SensationalistDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.
2. (n.) One who practices sensational writing or speaking.