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Sensationalism
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sensationalism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sensationalism.html. 1828.