| NOUN | communication | sensationalism | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | sensationalism, luridness | the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes | |
| cognition | sensationalism, sensualism | (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good | |
| cognition | sensationalism, empiricism, empiricist philosophy | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience |
| Sounds | sehnsey'shahnahlih.zahm | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Attributes | sensational | Causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion |
| unsensational | not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction | |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance | What a communication that is about something is about |
| Spanish | sensacionalismo | |
| Catalan | sensacionalisme | |
| Adjectives | sensationalistic | typical of tabloids |
| Nouns | sensationalist | someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention |
| Meaning | The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation" | |
| Synonym | luridness | |
| Broader | journalese | The style in which newspapers are written |
| Adjectives | sensationalistic | typical of tabloids |
| Nouns | sensationalist | someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention |
| Meaning | (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sensualism | |
| Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| Broader | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
| Spanish | sensacionalismo, sensualismo | |
| Catalan | sensacionalisme, sensualisme | |
| Meaning | (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | empiricism, empiricist philosophy | |
| Category | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
| Narrower | British empiricism | The predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century |
| experimentalism | An empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles | |
| positivism, logical positivism | The form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation) | |
| Broader | philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory | A doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy |
| Spanish | empiricismo, empirismo, filosofía empírica, sensacionalismo | |
| Catalan | empirisme | |
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