Sensationalism
[sen'seɪʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or [sɛn'seʃənəlɪzəm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; 'the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation'.
(noun.) subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes.
贝拉編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) 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.
(n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
手打:撒迪厄斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Sensationalism is highly unfitted for this constructive task. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Some of them are named scholasticism, sensationalism, rationalism, idealism, realism, empiricism, transcendentalism, pragmatism, etc. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- And yet, said I, smiling, I cannot quite hold myself absolved from the charge of sensationalism which has been urged against my records. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Sensationalism was an extremely handy weapon with which to combat doctrines and opinions resting wholly upon tradition and authority. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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