🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

sensazionalismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sensazionalismo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sensationalism/sɛnˈseɪ.ʃən.əl.ɪ.zəm/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il giornale punta tutto sul sensazionalismo per vendere più copie."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The use of exciting or shocking stories and language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement.

    "The newspaper was criticized for its constant use of sensationalism."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from 'sensational', originating in the mid-19th century from the Latin 'sensus' (meaning feeling or sense), combined with the suffix '-ism'. It initially referred to a philosophical theory of epistemology based on sensory perception, but evolved in the late 19th century during the yellow journalism era to describe the use of shocking or exciting details to attract public attention.

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