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Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.

The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.

An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.

rance, where it gave rise to the skepticism of Voltaire , the naturalism of Rousseau, the sensationalism of Condillac, and the publication of the "Encyclopedia" by D'Alembert and Diderot. In Germany, Lessing, Mendelssohn, and Herder were representative thinkers, while the political doctrines of the leaders of the Ameri…

An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

d States, of the value of ten cents; the tenth of a dollar. Dime novel, a novel, commonly sensational and trashy, which is sold for a dime, or ten cents.

hese excellent women for Sheridan and Fox. J. Morley. His dislike of a particular kind of sensational stories. A. W. Ward.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, ideation. Certain sensational or ideational stimuli. Blackw. Mag.

tion or recognition of primary truth is intuitive, or direct and immediate; -- opposed to sensationalism, and experientialism.

system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism. Fleming.

y originate in sensation, but are transformed sensations, copies or relics of sensations; sensationalism; sensism.

Covered or bound in yellow paper. Yellow-covered literature, cheap sensational novels and trashy magazines; -- formerly so called from the usual color of their covers. [Colloq. U. S.] Bartlett.