Definition of sensationalist in English:
sensationalist
noun sɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nəlɪstsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ləst
A person who presents stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
sensationalists got their kicks out of misreporting the murder
Example sentencesExamples
- It seems to me that his lead sentence is the mark of a clear sensationalist.
- The bureau got support in this endeavour not just from Hearst, but from other off-the-wall sensationalists as well.
- Will we become sensationalists, or will we become intellectuals supported by listening to mentors and by producing substantive work?
- Sensationalists claimed to believe only what they saw, but in fact they were rather better at believing than seeing.
- He is a tough reporter, not a sensationalist.
- Perhaps if the sensationalists looked at the effects of tobacco and alcohol on the populace, they would find more serious causes to champion.
- Pushing to excess casualty stories and other travails of military conflict are many plebeian sensationalists who fail to place such issues in proper perspective.
- His reputation suffered, as the diaries fed the fires stoked by sensationalists.
- We here on this blog are anything but fear-mongering sensationalists.
- The struggle between the conventional press and the sensationalists mirrored government efforts to control or eliminate the spectacle of execution.
adjective sɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)nəlɪstsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ləst
Presenting stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
sensationalist reporting of the latest alleged cancer cures
sensationalist media campaigns
Example sentencesExamples
- There has been a recent flurry of sensationalist warnings about the threat of exotic species.
- He employed a sensationalist rhetorical style to spice up the stories of his adolescent witches.
- They may be jumping too quickly to a sensationalist conclusion.
- He believed that the discoveries of sensationalist psychology had made it possible to articulate the fundamental principles of social science.
- Critics wonder whether the media can control its sensationalist urges.
- Articles on hackers and hacking increasingly use sensationalist tone and language.
- The photographs were of victims of sensationalist violent crimes.
- In an alternate Hollywood, the media mistakes him for his criminal double, and he's subjected to a sensationalist televised trial.
- The irony is that this is not written in a sensationalist manner.
- There is the obvious concern of turning the victim's story into a sensationalist work.
Rhymes
Congregationalist, conversationalist, educationalist, representationalist
Definition of sensationalist in US English:
sensationalist
nounsɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ləstsenˈsāSH(ə)n(ə)ləst
A person who presents stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
sensationalists got their kicks out of misreporting the murder
Example sentencesExamples
- His reputation suffered, as the diaries fed the fires stoked by sensationalists.
- It seems to me that his lead sentence is the mark of a clear sensationalist.
- The bureau got support in this endeavour not just from Hearst, but from other off-the-wall sensationalists as well.
- He is a tough reporter, not a sensationalist.
- Will we become sensationalists, or will we become intellectuals supported by listening to mentors and by producing substantive work?
- Perhaps if the sensationalists looked at the effects of tobacco and alcohol on the populace, they would find more serious causes to champion.
- The struggle between the conventional press and the sensationalists mirrored government efforts to control or eliminate the spectacle of execution.
- We here on this blog are anything but fear-mongering sensationalists.
- Pushing to excess casualty stories and other travails of military conflict are many plebeian sensationalists who fail to place such issues in proper perspective.
- Sensationalists claimed to believe only what they saw, but in fact they were rather better at believing than seeing.
adjectivesɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ləstsenˈsāSH(ə)n(ə)ləst
Presenting stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
sensationalist reporting of the latest alleged cancer cures
sensationalist media campaigns
Example sentencesExamples
- In an alternate Hollywood, the media mistakes him for his criminal double, and he's subjected to a sensationalist televised trial.
- There is the obvious concern of turning the victim's story into a sensationalist work.
- They may be jumping too quickly to a sensationalist conclusion.
- He employed a sensationalist rhetorical style to spice up the stories of his adolescent witches.
- Articles on hackers and hacking increasingly use sensationalist tone and language.
- He believed that the discoveries of sensationalist psychology had made it possible to articulate the fundamental principles of social science.
- The photographs were of victims of sensationalist violent crimes.
- There has been a recent flurry of sensationalist warnings about the threat of exotic species.
- The irony is that this is not written in a sensationalist manner.
- Critics wonder whether the media can control its sensationalist urges.