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

simple past tense and past participle of sensationalize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sensationalize

plural of sensationalizer

One who sensationalizes.

plural of sensationalization

The act or process of sensationalizing.

present participle of sensationalize

In a sensational manner. / To a sensational extent; amazingly.

The use of sensational subject matter, style or methods, or the sensational subject matter itself; behavior, published materials, or broadcasts that are intentionally controversial, exaggerated, lurid, loud, or attention-grabbing. Especially applied to news media in a pejorative sense that they are reporting in a manner to gain audience or notoriety but at the expense of accuracy and professionalism.