how to pronounce sensationalism

/sɛnˈsɛɪʃənəˌlɪzəm/

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sensationalism is pronounced in six syllables

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An example use of sensationalism in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… maybe that's just sensationalism or is …”

meanings of sensationalism

noun:

A theory of philosophy that all knowledge is ultimately derived from the senses.
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.

sensationalism frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sensationalism occurs in english on average 0.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sensationalism can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sensationalism can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;