Sensationalism /(?)/

Sen·sa·tion·al·ism

Sensationalism

n.
  1. 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. (Metaph.)
  2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.