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Definition of sensationalism noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

sensationalism

noun

NAmE//sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlɪzəm//

[uncountable] (disapproving)

a way of getting people's interest by using shocking words or by presenting facts and events as worse or more shocking than they really are the sensationalism of the popular press

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NAmE//sɛnˈseɪʃənəlɪst//

adjective sensationalist headlinesSee sensationalism in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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