Category:Sensationalism

Sen*sa"tion*al*ism, n.

1. (metaph.)

Defn: the doctrine held by condillac, and by some ascribed to locke, That our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of Sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and Rationalism.

2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, The sensationalism of a novel.