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sensationalism

N ภาษา ที่ ทำให้ ตื่นเต้น  วิธีทำ ให้ ตื่นเต้น  ความเชื่อ ใน เรื่อง ประสบการณ์ มาจาก การ ใช้ ความรู้สึก  emotionalism melodrama photism sentimentality pa-sa-ti-tam-hai-tuan-ten

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SENSATIONALISM

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sensationalism

sen sa tion al ism |senˈsāSHənlˌizəm sɛnˈseɪʃənlˌɪzəm | noun 1 (esp. in journalism ) the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement: media sensationalism. 2 Philosophy another term for phenomenalism. DERIVATIVES sen sa tion al ist noun & adjective, sen sa tion al is tic |senˌsāSHənlˈistik |adjective

 

Oxford Dictionary

sensationalism

sen |sa ¦tion ¦al |ism |sɛnˈseɪʃ (ə )n (ə )lɪz (ə )m | noun [ mass noun ] 1 (especially in journalism ) the presentation of stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy: media sensationalism. 2 Philosophy another term for phenomenalism. DERIVATIVES sensationalist noun & adjective, sensationalistic |-ˈlɪstɪk |adjective