sensationalities

Noun

sensationality (countable and uncountable, plural sensationalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being sensational.
   • I began to borrow the striking phraseology of N. Parker Willis, to experience a notion of no-leggedness, succeeded by an acute pit-of-the-stomach-rheumatic-sensationality, and a general savage impulse in the direction of chaotic pitch-a-head-a-tiveness.1857 July, “My Neighbor’s Rooster. An Extravaganza.”, in Russell’s Magazine, volume I, number IV, Charleston, S.C.: Steam Power-Press of Walker, Evans & Co., page 354, column 1

   Synonyms:

   sensationalness

2. (countable) Something or someone sensational.
   • The special sensationalities were the big drum, (as large as an ordinary room,) the big organ, and the anvil chorus.1872 June 24, The Southern Home, volume 3, number 126, Charlotte, N.C.