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Meaning of "sensationalist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SENSATIONALIST

sensationalist  [senˈseɪʃənɪlɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SENSATIONALIST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sensationalist is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SENSATIONALIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sensationalism

Sensationalism is a type of editorial bias in mass media in which events and topics in news stories and pieces are over-hyped to increase viewership or readership numbers.[1] Sensationalism may include reporting about generally insignificant matters and events that don't influence overall society and biased presentations of newsworthy topics in a trivial or tabloid manner.[2][3] Some tactics include being deliberately obtuse,[4] appealing to emotions,[5] being controversial, intentionally omitting facts and information,[6] being loud and self-centered and acting to obtain attention.[5] Trivial information and events are sometimes misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant, and often includes stories about the actions of individuals and small groups of people,[1] the content of which is often insignificant and irrelevant relative to the macro-level day-to-day events that occur globally. Furthermore, the content and subject matter typically doesn't affect the lives of the masses[1] and doesn't affect society, and instead is broadcast and printed to attract viewers and readers.

Definition of sensationalist in the English dictionary

The first definition of sensationalist in the dictionary is making events, esp in newspaper reports seem more vivid, shocking, etc, than they really are. Other definition of sensationalist is of or relating to the doctrine that knowledge cannot go beyond the analysis of experience. Sensationalist is also of or relating to the doctrine that the ability to gratify the senses is the only criterion of goodness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SENSATIONALIST


canophilist
kəˈnɒfɪlɪst
cartophilist
kɑːˈtɒfɪlɪst
dactylist
ˈdæktɪlɪst
evangelist
ɪˈvændʒɪlɪst
facsimilist
fækˈsɪmɪlɪst
Familist
ˈfæmɪlɪst
hairstylist
ˈheəstaɪlɪst
homilist
ˈhɒmɪlɪst
idyllist
ˈɪdɪlɪst
mercantilist
ˈmɜːkəntɪlɪst
Negrophilist
ˈnɪɡrəʊˌfaɪlɪst
ophiophilist
ˌɒfɪˈɒfɪlɪst
probabilist
ˈprɒbəbɪlɪst
profilist
ˈprəʊfɪlɪst
pugilist
ˈpjuːdʒɪlɪst
scripophilist
skrɪpˈɒfɪlɪst
stylist
ˈstaɪlɪst
tactilist
ˈtæktɪlɪst
timbrophilist
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪst
vaudevillist
ˈvəʊdəvɪlɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SENSATIONALIST

sensa
sensate
sensate focus
sensately
sensation
sensational
sensationalise
sensationalism
sensationalistic
sensationalize
sensationally
sensationism
sensationist
sensationless
sense
sense datum
sense of direction
sense of humour
sense of occasion
sense organ

WORDS THAT END LIKE SENSATIONALIST

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brutalist
capitalist
finalist
fundamentalist
generalist
hospitalist
idealist
journalist
mentalist
minimalist
nationalist
naturalist
Orientalist
photojournalist
realist
removalist
serialist
socialist
specialist
vocalist

Synonyms and antonyms of sensationalist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sensationalist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SENSATIONALIST

Find out the translation of sensationalist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sensationalist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sensationalist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

煽情
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sensacionalista
570 millions of speakers

English

sensationalist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सनसनीखेज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإثارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сенсационности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sensacionalista
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sensationalist
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sensationnaliste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sensasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sensations-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

感覚論者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

선정적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sensasionalis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giật gân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரபரப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सनसनीखोर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sansasyonel
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sensazionalista
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sensacyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сенсаційності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

senzațional
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκανδαλοθηρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sensasionele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sensationalist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sensasjons
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sensationalist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSATIONALIST»

The term «sensationalist» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SENSATIONALIST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sensationalist» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sensationalist» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sensationalist

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QUOTES WITH «SENSATIONALIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sensationalist.
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Raza Jaffrey
'Homeland' is not a sensationalist show.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SENSATIONALIST»

Discover the use of sensationalist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sensationalist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sensationalist Literature and Popular Culture in the Early ...
Previous samplers have not swept together the variety that the present editors have gathered, not invited readers to study this literature as part of a reassessment of `taste' within the general populace of the early American republic, ...
Edward W. R. Pitcher, D. Sean Hartigan, 2000
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Sensationalist Media and Privacy
This silence was part of the media's position to be friendly towards political office-holders, valuing the importance of political authority and stability. Reporting was "to serve and reinforce the political establishment" (Sabato 25).
‎2007
3
Media and the Path to Peace
The fifth argument reads as follows: the more sensationalist the media environment the more likely the news media are to play a destructive role in a peace process. The notion of sensationalism refers to the extent to which journalists feel ...
Gadi Wolfsfeld, 2004
4
Truth, Reconciliation, and Evil
Mary Elizabeth Braddon was a leading proponent of what is generally termed the "sensationalist" novel. Possibly the best known writer of this genre was Wilkie Collins, writing at the same time as Braddon. The sensationalist novel as a ...
Margaret Sönser Breen, 2004
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The American Temper: Patterns of Our Intellectual Heritage
Religious rationalism, in the form of theological materialism or sensationalism, was condemned for its implicit, though not admitted, denial of the existence of God. Although the sensationalist had attempted a proof of the existence of God on the ...
Richard David Mosier, 1952
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Philosophy: what is It?
SENSATIONALIST OR IDEALIST 49 the half that lies on the inside of the curve. Its supposition, therefore, offers no explanation of one side of our experience. It cannot, therefore, be accepted as a satisfactory explanation of the whole.
Frank Byron Jevons, 1927
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A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social ...
Popular anatomy and the sensationalist novel had roughly parallel trajectories. Both took advantage of technological innovations in print and transportation to produce, distribute, and sell their products cheaply. Both found customers in the ...
Michael Sappol, 2002
8
Whitehead's Radically Different Postmodern Philosophy: An ...
The second path from the subjectivist principleME to panexperientialism involves the rejection of the “sensationalist principle,” which was introduced by Whitehead on the first page of the chapter as the other half, along with the sub- jectivist ...
David Ray Griffin, 2012
9
Whitehead's Metaphysics of Extension and Solidarity
According to Whitehead, the sensationalist and subjectivist principles jointly constitute what he terms the sensationalist doctrine of modern epistemologies ( PR 238). To adopt the sensationalist doctrine is, in effect, to veil from the experiencing ...
Jorge Luis Nobo, 1986
10
Journalism and the Development of Spanish American Narrative
3. Sarmiento. and. sensationalist. journalism: Facundo. as. crime. story. If the reader is bored by these arguments, I will recount to him dreadful crimes. Domingo F. Sarmiento, Facundo (1845) And the novel'? May we not pose the question of ...
Aníbal González, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SENSATIONALIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sensationalist is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scientists are bracing themselves for the sensationalist bullsh*t that …
Scientists are bracing themselves for the sensationalist bullsh*t that is Shark Week. Discovery Channel vowed to do better this year. For the sharks' sake, let's ... «Salon, Jul 15»
2
Q&A has become sensationalist, says ex-ABC boss Jonathan Shier
Former ABC managing director Jonathan Shier says Q&A has become sensationalist and accuses host Tony Jones of losing objectivity and preferring to hear ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
3
Third Man Records Responds to Sensationalist Reports about Jack …
Turns out Jack White isn't retiring from music altogether, isn't heartbroken over the state of his relationship with Meg White and isn't currently suffering from an ... «Paste Magazine, May 15»
4
Jokowi's all-female KPK committee a 'sensationalist'
“It's interesting and sensationalist as President Jokowi has selected all women, but those who have been selected are trusted and have credibility,” said ... «Jakarta Post, May 15»
5
'Guardian' Writers Trash Own Site's Reporting on Sensationalist
On Wednesday, The Guardian published an article concerning possible harmful mental health effects of video games. The article, entitled “Video game link to ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
6
Housing bubble claims 'sensationalist'
Leading Australian economists have slammed ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft's bubble warning to investors in Sydney and Melbourne, as sensationalist and ... «Domain, May 15»
7
'Sections of the Indian media were sensationalist in their coverage'
About two weeks after the earthquake, what is the status of the relief operations? Are you satisfied with the pace? In the case of such large-scale devastation, ... «The Asian Age, May 15»
8
Theatre Gigante's sensationalist 'Terminus' is a dead end
One might assume that Theatre Gigante's local premiere of Mark O'Rowe's "Terminus" would resemble similar Irish plays featuring three storytellers that we've ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 15»
9
Claims of discovery of tomb of Jesus and his family are …
A biblical archaeologist has dismissed claims of the discovery of a tomb containing the remains of Jesus Christ and his family, calling them sensationalist. «ChristianToday, Apr 15»
10
This Day in Jewish History / Pivotal figure in sensationalist US …
Walter Winchell's name may have been forgotten but he attracted an astonishing tens of millions daily, in print and on radio. By David B. Green | Apr. 7, 2015 ... «Haaretz, Apr 15»

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