sensationalist
pronunciation
How to pronounce sensationalist in British English:
UK [sen'seɪʃənəlɪst]
How to pronounce sensationalist in American English:
US [sen'seɪʃənəlɪst]
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- Noun:
- someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
Word Origin
- sensationalist
- 1846 in philosophy; 1868 of writers; from sensational + -ist. Related: Sensationalistic.
Example
- 1. The sensationalist language describes some sensational charges .
- 2. This is not the time for sensationalist , domestic political point scoring .
- 3. The chronicle was criticized for being sensationalist .
- 4. Real-estate development , he says , tends to produce ' sensationalist ' viewpoints .
- 5. The greek churches , even to this day , resist sensationalist presentations of the suffering of jesus .