Found 2 items, similar to Sensationalism.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sensationalism 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: luridness] 3: (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good [syn: sensualism] 4: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience [syn: empiricism, empiricist philosophy]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sensationalism 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel. [1913 Webster]