- sensationalism - subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
- sensationalism, luridness - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"
--2 is a kind of journalese
- sensualism, sensationalism - (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only criterion for what is good
--3 is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
- empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism - (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from experience
--4 is a kind of philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
--4 has particulars:British empiricism; experimentalism; positivism, logical positivism - sensationalism, luridness - the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to maintain their circulation"