sensationalize

English

Alternative forms

• sensationalise

Etymology

Etymology tree

English sensation

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English sensational

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English sensationalize

From sensational + -ize.

Verb

sensationalize (third-person singular simple present sensationalizes, present participle sensationalizing, simple past and past participle sensationalized)

1. (American spelling, Oxford British English) To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

Derived terms

• desensationalize
• oversensationalize
• sensationalizable
• sensationalizer

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引起轟動 / 引起轰动 (yǐnqǐ hōngdòng), 炒作 (zh) (chǎozuò)

• French: sensationnaliser (fr)
• German: aufbauschen (de), dick auftragen (de) (coll.), dramatisieren (de), hochspielen (de), übertreiben (de)
• Russian: де́лать сенса́цию (délatʹ sensáciju), сенсационализи́ровать impf or pf (sensacionalizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: sensacionalizar
• Thai: please add this translation if you can