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sensationalist
noun
()
someone who uses exaggerated or lurid material in order to gain public attention
Synonyms:
ballyhoo artist,
Words Related to
sensationalist
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ballyhoo artist
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tabloid
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sensational
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alarmist
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tendentious
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propagandistic
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jingoistic
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mendacious
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slanderous
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scurrilous
,
lurid
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disingenuous
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unsubstantiated
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journalistic
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hysterical
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melodramatic
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vapid
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overblown
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polemical
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puerile
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untrue
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salacious
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baseless
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simplistic
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credulous
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cynical
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trashy
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pseudoscientific
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demagogic
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sanctimonious
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exploitative
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vacuous
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uninformed
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irresponsible
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fatuous
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pretentious
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meretricious
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dishonest
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specious
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hackneyed
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scandalous
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uncritical
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ludicrous
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formulaic
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mawkish
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banal
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hyperbolic
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misrepresentative
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gutter press
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unobjective
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prurient
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demagogical
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hagiographic
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uncredible
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fallacious
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distorted
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muckraking
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titillating
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calumnious
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yellow journalism
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politicized
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sententious
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misleading
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hyperbolized
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spurious
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nauseating
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shameless
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ahistorical
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mongering
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assumptive
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reductive
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oversimplified
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adulatory
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condemnatory
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meanspirited
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reductionist
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slanted
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revisionist
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moralistic
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unenlightening
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unscholarly
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inaccurate
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substanceless
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blinkered
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overwrought
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tasteless
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undiscerning
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voyeuristic
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pedantic
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hypercritical
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reactionary
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unbias
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gratuitous
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mindless
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overemotional
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mealymouthed
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factual
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unreasoned
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drivelling
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unthoughtful
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sensationalist
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