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sensationalistic

/sen-sey-shuh-nl-iz-uhm/US // sɛnˈseɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm //UK // (sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlɪzəm) //

耸人听闻,耸人听闻的,哗众取宠,煽情的

Related Words

whopper巨无霸,呜呜呜,呜呼boasting夸夸其谈,夸大其词,浮夸,夸口说puffery泡芙,蓬头垢面,蓬头垢面的,泡沫excess过量,过度,过量的,过剩hype炒作,炒热,炒作的,煽动fabrication制造,制作,加工,虚构aggrandizement扩增,扩容,扩产,膨胀hyperbole夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的说法,夸夸其谈的话语overemphasis过分强调,过度强调,过于强调,过分重视fish story鱼的故事,鱼类故事,鱼儿的故事,鱼类的故事yellow journalism黄色新闻,黄色新闻学,黄色新闻报道,黄页新闻

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
    • : the use of or interest in this subject matter, language, or style: The cheap tabloids relied on sensationalism to increase their circulation.
    • : Philosophy. the doctrine that the good is to be judged only by the gratification of the senses.the doctrine that all ideas are derived from and are essentially reducible to sensations.
    • : Psychology. sensationism.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insensational
Synonyms
amazing惊人的,惊人,令人惊叹的,令人惊叹的是astounding令人震惊的,惊人的,令人震惊的是,令人惊异的breathtaking令人惊叹的,惊心动魄,惊人的,惊心动魄的dramatic戏剧性的,巨大的,戏剧性,戏剧性地electrifying通电的,通电,带电的,通俗易懂exciting激动人心的,令人振奋的,令人振奋,令人激动的hair-raising惊心动魄,惊心动魄的,令人毛骨悚然,令人毛骨悚然的horrifying可怕的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的,令人震惊的lurid狰狞的,狰狞,淫荡的,淫秽的outstanding优秀,突出的,突出,优秀的remarkable显著的,显著,杰出的,杰出scandalous可耻的,可耻,可笑的,可笑shocking令人震惊的,触目惊心,令人震惊,震惊spectacular壮观的,壮观,蔚为壮观,惊人的thrilling激动人心的,惊心动魄,惊心动魄的,惊险的x-ratedX级arresting逮捕,拘捕,抓捕,逮捕性coarse粗糙的,粗略的,粗大的,粗略colored有色的,有色,有颜色的,彩色的conspicuous显眼的,引人注目的,明显的,引人注目的是emotional情绪化,感性,情绪化的,情感excessive过量,过量的,过大的,过大extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的juicy多汁的,多汁,多余的,多水分livid气势汹汹,气势磅礴,鲜艳,鲜红marked标记的,被标记的,有标记的,被标记为melodramatic狗血剧情,狗血剧,狗血淋头,狗血的noticeable值得注意的是,显著的,值得注意的,值得注意piquant尖刻的,尖刻,尖锐的,有趣的pointed尖锐的,尖锐,尖的,尖头prominent突出的,杰出的,著名的,突出pungent刺激性的,辛辣,刺激性,刺激性强的revealing揭示,披露,揭示真相,揭示的rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴salient突出的,突出,显著的,突出的是signal信号,信号灯,信号显示,信号的staggering令人震惊的,令人吃惊的,令人惊讶的,令人震惊的的stimulating刺激性,刺激,刺激性的,刺激的sultry闷骚,闷热,闷热的,闷骚的tabloid小报vulgar粗俗的,粗俗,庸俗,庸俗的

Examples

  • I am all for criticizing the press, and demanding that we get more depth to a story than a sensationalistic headline.

  • They posted sensationalistic stories online, with headlines like “Brainy Ex-Model Suing Google.”

  • They were sensationalistic and vulgar toward DSK, and they were sensationalistic and vulgar toward Anthony Weiner.

  • What seems surprising to me is not her fame but the sensationalistic aspect of it.

  • It tends to put the same emphasis upon the external and sensationalistic aspects of human experience.

  • Even the extreme sensationalistic theory of knowledge which was current derived itself from this conception.

  • There are at least three serious defects of sensationalistic empiricism as an educational philosophy of knowledge.

  • (c) A thoroughly false psychology of mental development underlay sensationalistic empiricism.

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