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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sensationalist, ballyhoo artistnoun

    someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention

Wiktionary

  1. sensationalistnoun

    One who indulges in sensational behavior or action

  2. sensationalistnoun

    One who believes or espouses sensationalism

  3. sensationalistadjective

    Sensationalistic; tending to sensationalize; characterized by sensationalism (the use of exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention).

    It was a sensationalist newspaper, even by tabloid standards.

Wikipedia

  1. sensationalist

    In journalism and mass media, sensationalism is a type of editorial tactic. Events and topics in news stories are selected and worded to excite the greatest number of readers and viewers. This style of news reporting encourages biased or emotionally loaded impressions of events rather than neutrality, and may cause a manipulation to the truth of a story. Sensationalism may rely on reports about generally insignificant matters and portray them as a major influence on society, or biased presentations of newsworthy topics, in a trivial, or tabloid manner, contrary to general assumptions of professional journalistic standards.Some tactics include being deliberately obtuse, appealing to emotions, being controversial, intentionally omitting facts and information, being loud and self-centered, and acting to obtain attention. Trivial information and events are sometimes misrepresented and exaggerated as important or significant, and often include stories about the actions of individuals and small groups of people, the content of which is often insignificant and irrelevant to the macro-level day-to-day events occurring globally.

ChatGPT

  1. sensationalist

    Sensationalist refers to a person, media outlet or type of journalism that uses shocking or exciting, sometimes exaggerated, language or content to provoke public interest or excitement, with the ultimate aim of enhancing readership, viewership, or sales. This sensationalism often focuses more on stimulating emotions rather than providing accurate or thoughtful information.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sensationalistnoun

    an advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism

  2. Sensationalistnoun

    one who practices sensational writing or speaking

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensationalist in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensationalist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of sensationalist in a Sentence

  1. Robert Sheaffer:

    The series has been almost universally panned by serious UFO investigators for its sensationalist approach, however, it too has been extremely successful in bringing people into MUFON.

  2. Ayo Khalil:

    Being moderate, this is what makes a man. Not going online, showing watches, boasting, smoking cigars and saying sensationalist things for views, if you’re a Muslim, it’s not the example you should be following. Who do you worship? Is it God, or is it Andrew Tate? We have to ask these questions.

  3. Martin Wiedmann:

    It's sensationalist marketing ploy by companies designed to sell their services. the use of genetic analysis in this type of setting is actually fascinating.

  4. Judge Michael Wigney:

    This was in all the circumstances a recklessly irresponsible piece of sensationalist journalism of the worst kind, the very worst kind.

  5. Anurag Srivastava:

    Before rushing to comment on such matters, we would urge that the facts be ascertained, and a proper understanding of the issues at hand be undertaken, the temptation of the sensationalist social media hashtags and comments, especially when resorted to by celebrities and others, is neither accurate nor responsible.

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