empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
sensualism, sensationalism
(noun) (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
sensationalism, luridness
(noun) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; “the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation”
sensationalism
(noun) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sensationalism (countable and uncountable, plural sensationalisms)
The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.
(philosophy) A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
• (epistemic doctrine): sensualism
• antisensationalism
Source: Wiktionary
Sen*sa"tion*al*ism, n.
1. (Metaph.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
