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sensationalise

sensationalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.

Meaning of sensationalize

Verb

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

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

Forms of sensationalise

third-person singular presentsensationalises
present participlesensationalising
past participlesensationalised
pastsensationalised

Origin of sensationalise

From sensational + -ise.

Questions about sensationalise

What is sensationalise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Sensationalise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.

Words near sensationalise in the dictionary

  1. sensation time
  2. sensation times
  3. sensation-monger
  4. sensational
  5. sensationalisation
  6. sensationalise
  7. sensationalised
  8. sensationalises
  9. sensationalising
  10. sensationalism
  11. sensationalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sensationalise (page history and authors); sensationalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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