单词 | sensationalize |
释义 | sensationalizev. 1. transitive. Philosophy. To explain or account for in terms of the senses or sensation. Now rare. ΚΠ 1847 Westm. & Foreign Q. Rev. Apr. 30 There is..no foundation for the opinion that he [sc. Locke] materialized or sensationalized..all these operations. 1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 33 Individualize your concepts, does not mean sensationalize them, unless the senses are the only sources of presentation. 1893 A. C. Armstrong tr. R. Falckenberg Hist. Mod. Philos. ix. 369 Locke is said to have sensationalized the concepts of the understanding. 2008 W. A. De Vries in D. Moyar & M. Quante Hegel's Phenomenol. of Spirit iv. 74 Kant believed that his predecessors had all either intellectualized appearances or sensationalized concepts. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > turn into an object of sentiment [verb (transitive)] > excite emotion artificially sensationalize1862 1862 Twice Week 25 Oct. 399/3 We are not ‘sensationalised’ by stabs and shots and shrieks and plunges. 1864 Liverpool Mercury 24 Oct. 3/4 The panorama goes to sensationalise the London people—to delight and astonish them, of course. 1891 Scroll Feb. 250 It is said that the Rev. A. C. White absolutely sensationalized Amesbury by his impersonation of ‘Miles Standish’ in the comic opera ‘Priscilla’. b. transitive. To present or report (something) in a sensational, lurid, or melodramatic manner. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > make sensational or dramatic [verb (transitive)] theatricize1852 sensationalize1863 jazz1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > exaggerate [verb (transitive)] > in representation paintc1390 fucate1535 flatter1581 embroider1614 over-picturea1616 heighten1731 overpaint1749 overtell1755 overcolour1811 overdrawa1817 dramatize1823 sensationalize1863 overdress1866 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] > sensationalize sensationalize1863 1863 Caledonian Mercury 24 Mar. The same thing cannot be said of his present effort to sensationalise one of the noblest works of Scotland's greatest novelist. 1892 Moonshine 26 Mar. 146/2 The newspapers—which should have been on our side—sensationalised for the other. 1944 Times 31 Mar. 18/3 A tendency to sensationalize the music, which used not to be a mark of her playing in the past. 1987 Hist. Teacher 21 148 The book does not sensationalize. It approaches the war neutrally, reserving both respectful dignity and sorrow for those caught up in it. 2013 J. Market Hooked in Film p. vii These stories are often sensationalized to capture the public's attention. Derivatives senˌsationaliˈzation n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > sensationalizing sensationalization1921 tabloidization1926 1921 Smart Set May 136/2 The present play is..a sensationalization of the aberrant young girl episode in her play, ‘He and She.’ 1977 Lancet 27 Aug. 449/1 The sensationalisation of the ‘opium vice’ by writers such as De Quincey. 2010 Near Eastern Archaeol. 71 172/1 Eric Cline deplores media's distortion and sensationalization of archaeological fact. senˈsationalized adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] > extreme > done to extremes overdoneOE overacted1628 stagy1860 sensationalized1879 1879 Congregationalist (Boston, Mass.) 8 Jan. 14/3 A more or less sensationalized theme. 1916 G. A. England Golden Blight xxxii. 290 The wires of the now thoroughly sensationalized International Press Combine. 1963 Ann. Reg. 1962 440 A sensationalized story set largely in the U.S. Senate and the White House. 2015 S. D. Kennedy-Nolle Writing Reconstruction 297 A sordid family brawl, which received sensationalized press coverage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1847 |
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