sensationalize

verb

sensationalize

verb

Etymology From sensational + -ize.

1

British, English, Oxford, US To glorify or inflate the importance of a piece of news; to artificially create a sensation.

Derived terms: desensationalize, oversensationalize, sensationalizable, sensationalizer

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