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sensationalizable

sensationalizable adjective: that can be sensationalized.

Adjective

sensationalizable (comparative more sensationalizable, superlative most sensationalizable)

  1. (rare) That can be sensationalized.
    • ...the Soviet purchases once again became sensationalizable news.1988, Ray A Goldberg, Research in domestic and international agribusiness management
    • Granted that when presidential primary season sets in, the least abnormality, or the most sensationalizable normality, becomes the focus of the procrustean imperative.1993, William Frank Buckley, Patricia B Bozell, Happy days were here again: reflections of a libertarian journalist

Forms of sensationalizable

comparativemore sensationalizable
superlativemost sensationalizable

Origin of sensationalizable

From sensationalize + -able.

Questions about sensationalizable

What does sensationalizable mean?
Sensationalizable means that can be sensationalized.
What part of speech is sensationalizable?
Sensationalizable is an adjective.

Words near sensationalizable in the dictionary

  1. sensationalistic
  2. sensationalistically
  3. sensationalists
  4. sensationalities
  5. sensationality
  6. sensationalizable
  7. sensationalization
  8. sensationalizations
  9. sensationalize
  10. sensationalized
  11. sensationalizer

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