sensationalism

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
• Derivationally related forms:
sensationalistic, sensationalist
• Hypernyms:
message, content, subject matter, substance
• Attrubites:
sensational, unsensational
2. the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes
- the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation
• Syn:
luridness
• Derivationally related forms:
lurid (for: luridness), sensationalistic, sensationalist
• Hypernyms:
journalese
3. (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
• Syn:
sensualism
• Topics:
philosophy
• Hypernyms:
philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
4. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
• Syn:
empiricism, empiricist philosophy
• Derivationally related forms:
empiricist (for: empiricism)
• Topics:
philosophy
• Hypernyms:
philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
• Hyponyms:
British empiricism, experimentalism, positivism, logical positivism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensualism, luridness