sensationalise

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A form of sensationalize — To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

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Meanings

verbsensationalise (third-person singular simple present sensationalises, present participle sensationalising, simple past and past participle sensationalised)

present singular third person sensationalises · participle present sensationalising · participle past sensationalised · past sensationalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.

Origin

From sensational + -ise.

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APA

sensationalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensationalise

MLA

“sensationalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensationalise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sensationalise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sensationalise.

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