sensationalist
adjective/senˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
/senˈseɪʃənəlɪst/
(disapproving)- getting people's interest by using words that are intended to shock or by presenting facts and events as worse or more shocking than they really are
- sensationalist headlines
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