sensationalism

Noun
  1. 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. is a type of: journalese - the style in which newspapers are written
    same as: luridness
  3. 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. 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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