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sensationality

noun

Etymology

From sensational + -ity.

  1. derived from sensus
  2. suffixed as sensational — “sensation + al”
  3. suffixed as sensationality — “sensational + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being sensational.

    • It is a piece wholly sensational, and devoid of any special merit to atone for its redundancy of bad sensationality.

  2. Something or someone sensational.

    • The special sensationalities were the big drum, (as large as an ordinary room,) the big organ, and the anvil chorus.
    • By-the-way, those of your readers who have a love for stage sensationalities of the most brilliant and studied kind should endeavour to see Mrs. Bernard Beere in “As in a Looking Glass.”

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA