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sensationalize

sensationalize verb: to glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

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 sensationalize

third-person singular presentsensationalizes
present participlesensationalizing
past participlesensationalized
pastsensationalized
alternative formsensationalise

Origin of sensationalize

From sensational + -ize.

Words formed from sensationalize

Questions about sensationalize

What does sensationalize mean?
Sensationalize means to glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.
What part of speech is sensationalize?
Sensationalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of sensationalize?
The past tense of sensationalize is sensationalized.

Words near sensationalize in the dictionary

  1. sensationalities
  2. sensationality
  3. sensationalizable
  4. sensationalization
  5. sensationalizations
  6. sensationalize
  7. sensationalized
  8. sensationalizer
  9. sensationalizers
  10. sensationalizes
  11. sensationalizing

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