sensationalist
nounHow many syllables in sensationalist?
There are 5 syllables in the word sensationalist.How to pronounce sensationalist:
Definition of sensationalist:
- sensationalist (noun):
- someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention.
- empiricism that limits experience as a source of knowledge to sensation or sense perceptions
Synonyms for sensationalist:
ballyhoo artist
publiciser
publicist
publicizer
Antonyms for sensationalist:
bland
breezy
carefree
clean
controlled
delightful
discreet
dull
factual
humble
jaunty
light-hearted
mild
modest
moral
nice
nonsensational
pleasant
pleasing
restrained
understated
upright
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- intelligible
- imperceivable
- disagreeable
- confrontational
- argumentative
- intermittently
- emotionally
- indivisible
- miscommunicate
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- irrevocable
- continuation
- all-encompassing
- reciprocity
- optionally
- ingeniously
- telekinetic
- unanimously
- Nebuchadnezzar
- colloquial
- misinterpreted
- inconsiderate
- enumeration
- invigorated
- undemocratic
- unambiguous
- quixotically
- materialised
- impenetrable
- gradeability
- entertainingly
- denomination
- archipelago
- subconsciousness
- ichthyophobia
- evaluation
- trigonometric
- indigoberry
- unconsciously
- unpardonably
- Marianita
- unspectacular
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- thirty four o six
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Syllable Fun Fact
In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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