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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(a)adjective

    typical of tabloids

    "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"

Wiktionary

  1. sensationalisticadjective

    sensationalist

Wikipedia

  1. sensationalistic

    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. sensationalistic

    Sensationalistic refers to the style or use of methods or content aiming to provoke, shock, or excite strong public interest or emotional reaction. It often involves exaggeration, hype, or distortion of facts, especially in journalism or media, for the sake of attracting more viewers, listeners, or readers.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensationalistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sensationalistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sensationalistic in a Sentence

  1. Bridgewater Associates ' Ray Dalio:

    The article is a sensationalistic mischaracterization of what is going on, greg and I have had lots of disputes over the last 20 years, and what's great is that we have a systematic process for working ourselves through them.

  2. Director Brian Oakes:

    There were a lot of things I was reading in the press and sensationalistic headlines and seeing the image of James Foley being used for different kinds of motivations, I felt uncomfortable with, you get very protective of your loved ones and friends and family with stories and legacies they leave behind.

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