Definition for Sensationalism:

• The practice of writing or speaking so as to work on the feelings.

Synonyms for Sensationalism:

• n.

  •
  • diction,
  • flow,
  • delivery,
  • fustian,
  • idiolect,
  • formulation,
  • fluency,
  • monotone,
  • gymnastics.
  •communication (noun)
  • sensationalism.
  •emotion (noun)
  • emotionalism.
  •emotionalism (noun)
  • sentimentality,
  • Photism,
  • yellow journalism,
  • drama,
  • mccarthyism,
  • emotion,
  • melodrama.
  •empiricism (noun)
  • empiricism.
  •empiricist philosophy (noun)
  • empiricist philosophy.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • overemphasis,
  • hype,
  • aggrandizement,
  • fabrication,
  • whopper,
  • boasting,
  • excess,
  • tabloid journalism,
  • hyperbole,
  • tall story,
  • fish story,
  • Puffery.
  •ostentation (noun)
  • flamboyance,
  • bravado,
  • splendor,
  • ostentation,
  • Bravura,
  • showmanship,
  • dramatics,
  • jauntiness,
  • Flagrancy,
  • blatancy,
  • grandiloquence,
  • exhibitionism,
  • flourish,
  • vanity,
  • pageantry,
  • flashiness,
  • grandiosity,
  • snazziness,
  • pomposity,
  • parade,
  • shamelessness,
  • histrionics,
  • pomp,
  • garishness,
  • ornateness,
  • opulence,
  • splashiness,
  • affectedness,
  • pomp and circumstance,
  • fuss,
  • showiness,
  • swaggar,
  • formality,
  • rakishness,
  • dash,
  • boastfulness,
  • gaudiness.
  •sensationalism (noun)
  • luridness,
  • sensualism.
  •yellow journalism (noun)
  • exploitative journalism,
  • sensational journalism,
  • yellow press.

• Other synonyms:

  •overstatement
  • exaggeration.

Sensationalism Sentence Examples:

• Mrs. Holmes' stories are all of a domestic character, and their interest, therefore, is not so intense as if they were more highly seasoned with sensationalism, but it is of a healthy and abiding character.

• There may be evangelists who, by an extravagant and grotesque sensationalism, contrive to get the attention of the non - churchgoers, and who are able to report considerable additions to the churches; but the permanence of these gains is not yet shown, and we have no means of enumerating the thousands who, by such clownish exhibitions, are driven in disgust from the churches.

Hyponym for Sensationalism:

• n.

  • communication
    substance, content, subject matter, message.