SENSATIONALISM


Meaning of SENSATIONALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -shnə-ˌli-zəm, -shə-nə-ˌli-zəm ]

noun

Date: 1846

1. : empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions

2. : the use or effect of sensational subject matter or treatment

• sen·sa·tion·al·ist -list adjective or noun

• sen·sa·tion·al·is·tic -ˌsā-shnə-ˈlis-tik, -shə-nə-ˈlis-tik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.