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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 sen·sa·tion·al·ism /-ʃnəˌlɪzəm, ʃənḷˌɪzəm/
 感情論

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Sen·sa·tion·al·ism n.
 1. Metaph. The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism; -- opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.
 2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 sensationalism
      n 1: subject matter that is calculated to excite and please
           vulgar tastes
      2: the journalistic use of subject matter that appeals to
         vulgar tastes; "the tabloids relied on sensationalism to
         maintain their circulation" [syn: luridness]
      3: (philosophy) the ethical doctrine that feeling is the only
         criterion for what is good [syn: sensualism]
      4: (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge derives from
         experience [syn: empiricism, empiricist philosophy]