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sensationnalisme

French, noun/sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ.na.lism/

sensationnalisme is spelled S-E-N-S-A-T-I-O-N-N-A-L-I-S-M-E (16 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 66,599th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sensationnalisme is a French masculine noun meaning “sensationalism (use of style and subject matter that is intentionally controversial, lurid, or attention-grabbing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pratique éditoriale qui met en avant le choc, le drame ou l’indignation (titres appuyés, images choquantes…”.

What does sensationnalisme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesensationalism (use of style and subject matter that is intentionally controversial, lurid, or attention-grabbing)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Pratique éditoriale qui met en avant le choc, le drame ou l’indignation (titres appuyés, images choquantes, récits surdramatisés) afin de capter l’attention.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sensationnalisme

  • sensationnalismes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sensationnalisme?

  • /sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ.na.lism/
  • /sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ.na.lizm/
  • \sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ.na.lism\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sensationnalisme

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sensationnalisme in French?

sensationnalisme appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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