See Also: sensationalist(medicine)
sensationalist(dictionary)

sensationalist (iou)



sensationalist noun & adjective. M19.
[formed as SENSATIONALISM + -IST.]
A. noun.
Philosophy. An adherent or student of sensationalism. M19.
A person intending to make a sensation; a journalist, artist, etc., making use of sensational material or style to stimulate public interest etc. M19.
b. adjective. Of the nature of or pertaining to sensationalism; intended to cause a sensation. M19.
Courier-Mail (Brisbane) In sensationalist '50s movies when Dracula hypnotises girls to take their clothes off.
sensationa'listic adjective pertaining to or of the nature of sensationalism L19.