sensationism
noun
a theory of psychology maintaining that experience consists solely of sensations.
sensationist
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a word derived from
sensationism.
Example Sentences
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These stories were the unfortunate result of intentionally sensationist reporting, and also a basic misunderstanding of how the label works.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
No doubt, too, that under the present palaver of the "sensationist" caste, the old ladies of both sexes have come to regard crime as mere misfortune: these will lament this proceeding as cruel.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Rossiter Johnson
Scientifically regarded he was a realist as opposed to an idealist, a sensationist as opposed to an intuitionist, a materialist as opposed to a spiritualist.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life by William H. Herndon
His logic has in fact the good and bad points that we might expect to find in a sensationist who knows no science but mathematics.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
Without being a sensationist, he has probably rendered the cleverest services of the war to the general government.
From The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth by George Alfred Townsend
