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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject: sansationalistic |
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| Certain television programs were accused of broadcasting sensationalistic stories about mad cow disease. |
In the above, the word "sensationalistic" doesn't show up in my English dictionary and instead "sensational" show up.
Among native speakers, is the word "sensationalistic" used in the same meaning of "sansational"?
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pugachevV
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Sensational is the correct word - there is no such word as sensationalistic except in the mind of ignorant people. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:19 am Post subject: |
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| I think you could use "sensationalized" as well, to imply that they made the stories more sensational than they should have been. At least, that would be my thought about the meaning. |
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