a. 1. Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. (Metaph.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel. [ 1913 Webster ]
[哗众取宠 / 嘩眾取寵, huá zhòng qǔ chǒng, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄨㄥˇ]sensationalism; vulgar claptrap to please the crowds; playing to the gallery; demagogy#33794[Add to Longdo]
[きょうみほんい, kyoumihon'i](adj-na, adj-no) (just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)[Add to Longdo]