Sensationality
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being sensational. uncountable
"I began to borrow the striking phraseology of N. Parker Willis, to experience a notion of no-leggedness, succeeded by an acute pit-of-the-stomach-rheumatic-sensationality, and a general savage impulse in the direction of chaotic pitch-a-head-a-tiveness."
- 2 Something or someone sensational. countable
"The special sensationalities were the big drum, (as large as an ordinary room,) the big organ, and the anvil chorus."
Example
More examples"I began to borrow the striking phraseology of N. Parker Willis, to experience a notion of no-leggedness, succeeded by an acute pit-of-the-stomach-rheumatic-sensationality, and a general savage impulse in the direction of chaotic pitch-a-head-a-tiveness."
Etymology
From sensational + -ity.