Condillac, with sensationalism, revolutionised the concept of mind, making language and gesture prior to ideas, shattering Locke's conception of language as a mere passive medium.
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Sensationalism
Synonyms for "sensationalism" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
affectationaggrandizementamateur theatricalsamplificationatomismballyhoobarnumismbedizenmentbig talkblatancyblood and thunderblowing upbrazennessburlesquecaricaturecolorfulnessconvolutioncrudenessdashdazzle
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dazzlingnessdemonstrativenessdilatationdilationdramatic artdramatic formdramatic ironydramatic strokedramatic structuredramaticismdramaticsdramatism
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (54)
Noun(10 words)
empiricismempiricist philosophyexaggerated rhetoricexaggerationexaggerationsglamourizinghullabalooshypehypeshyping
Related words (90)
inflationinordinacyjauntinessjazzinesslexiphanicismloftinessloudnesslove interestluridnessmagnificationmagniloquencemaking scenesmelodramamelodramaticsmere rhetoricmeretriciousnessnonrationalnessobtrusivenessorotundityostentation
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ostentatious complexityoveremphasisoverestimationoverkilloverstatementpanachephilosophyplatitudinous ponderosityplay constructionpolysyllabic profunditypompositypompous prolixitypompousnesspontificationpretensionpretentiousnessprodigalityprofusenessprose run madpufferypuffing uprhetoricrhetoricalnesssententiousnessshamelessnessshowinessspielsportinessstaginessstiltednessstretchingsuperlativeswelling utteranceswollen phraseswollennesstall talktawdrinesstheatricaltheatricalismtheatricalitytheatricalstheatricismtheatricsthespian arttortuositytortuousnesstoutingtravestytumiditytumidnessturgescenceturgidityunreasoningnessvisceralnessvulgarnessyellow journalism
Noun(14 words)
juicinessluridnesspropaganda framingpruriencepulpinessracinesssalaciousnessscandalizingsensationalistsensualismtitillationvulgarizationyellow journalismyellowness
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11 entriescommunication strategycontentjournalesejournalism practicemedia practicemedia strategymessagephilosophical doctrinephilosophical theorysubject mattersubstance
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6 entriesadvertising sensationalismcelebrity sensationalismcrime sensationalismpolitical campaigning sensationalismpublic relations sensationalismtabloid sensationalism
Collocations
6 entriescelebrity sensationalismcrime sensationalismmedia sensationalismsensational headlinestabloid sensationalismyellow journalism
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The sensationalism of this newspaper is cringeworthy.
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Newspaper articles also were generally positive in tone, although a tendency towards sensationalism means that the spread of hybrid forms is occasionally touted as the universal language of the future.
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