Non-sensationalistic


[sen-sey-shuh-nl-iz-uh m] /sɛnˈseɪ ʃə nlˌɪz əm/

noun
1.
subject matter, language, or style producing or designed to produce startling or thrilling impressions or to excite and please vulgar taste.
2.
the use of or interest in this subject matter, language, or style:
The cheap tabloids relied on sensationalism to increase their circulation.
3.
Philosophy.

4.
Psychology. .
/sɛnˈseɪʃənəˌlɪzəm/
noun
1.
the use of sensational language, etc, to arouse an intense emotional response
2.
such sensational matter itself
3.
(philosophy) Also called sensualism

4.
(psychol) the theory that all experience and mental life may be explained in terms of sensations and remembered images
5.
(aesthetics) the theory of the beauty of sensuality in the arts
n.

1846 in philosophy, “theory that sensation is the only source of knowledge;” 1865, of journalism that aims to excite the feelings, from sensational + -ism.

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