Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sensationalisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sen-sa-tion-al-i-sa-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

7

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of sensationalization.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In a public lecture hosted by the British Association for Psychopharmacology and Bristol’s MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (where I work), Professors George Davey Smith and David Nutt stripped away the sensationalisation and misinformation around statins and SSRIs. They come from very different fields, George is an epidemiologist and David a psychiatrist, but both fields can help us understand the efficacy and safety of drug treatments."

Etymology

From sensational + -isation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sensational

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does sensationalisation mean?: Alternative form of sensationalization.
Where does sensationalisation come from?: From sensational + -isation.

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