🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

sensacionalismo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sensacionalismo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
sensationalism/sɛnˈseɪʃənəlɪzəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O programa de TV foi criticado pelo seu puro sensacionalismo."

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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

Coined in the 19th century from sensational + -ism, originally in philosophy referring to the theory that all ideas originate from sense perception, later shifting in journalistic contexts to describe the use of shocking or exciting stories at the expense of accuracy.

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