sensationalism

Noun
  1. Subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes (synset 107262270)
    tells us about:
    • sensational - causing intense interest, curiosity, or emotion
    • unsensational - not of such character as to arouse intense interest, curiosity, or emotional reaction
    is a type of: content, message, subject matter, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
  2. The journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes (synset 107102245)
    "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
    is a type of: journalese - the style in which newspapers are written
    same as: luridness
  3. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good (synset 105985338)
    referred to in: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    is a type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
    same as: sensualism
  4. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience (synset 105979178)
    referred to in: philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
    is a type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy
    subtypes:
    • british empiricism - the predominant philosophical tradition in Great Britain since the 17th century
    • experimentalism - an empirical doctrine that advocates experimental principles
    • logical positivism, positivism - the form of empiricism that bases all knowledge on perceptual experience (not on intuition or revelation)
    same as: empiricism, empiricist philosophy

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