Sensationality

noun

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Noun
  1. 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. 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."

Synonyms

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sensationalness

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"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.

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