SENSATIONALISM

Sen‐sa″tion‐al‐ism (?), n. 1. 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. 2. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.