sensationalistic
adjective
sensationalistic is spelled S-E-N-S-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T-I-C: 16 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, sensationalistic means “sensationalist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in sensationalistic?
| Letters | 16: S-E-N-S-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sensationalistic?
Sensationalistic appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce sensationalistic?
Sensationalistic has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of sensationalistic
- more sensationalistic comparative
- most sensationalistic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sensationalistic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
sensationalist
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does sensationalistic come from?
From sensational + -istic or sensationalist + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).