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Sensation

see synonyms of sensation

Noun

1. aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

Example Sentences:
'a sensation of touch'

2. ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

3. sensation

a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest

Example Sentences:
'anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear'

4. sensation

a state of widespread public excitement and interest

Example Sentences:
'the news caused a sensation'

5. sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Example Sentences:
'in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sensation

see synonyms of sensation
noun
1. 
the power of perceiving through the senses
2. 
a physical condition or experience resulting from the stimulation of one of the sense organs
a sensation of warmth
3. 
a general feeling or awareness
a sensation of fear
4. 
a state of widespread public excitement
his announcement caused a sensation
5. 
anything that causes such a state
your speech was a sensation

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Sensation

see synonyms of sensation
noun
1. 
the power or process of receiving conscious sense impressions through direct stimulation of the bodily organism
the sensations of hearing, seeing, touching, etc.
2. 
an immediate reaction to external stimulation of a sense organ; conscious feeling or sense impression
a sensation of cold
3. 
a generalized feeling or reaction, often vague and without reference to immediate stimulus
a sensation of happiness
4. 
a. 
a state or feeling of general excitement and interest
the play caused such a sensation
b. 
the action, event, person, etc. causing such a feeling

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sensation

see synonyms of sensation
n.
1.
a. A perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition: the sensation of heat; a visual sensation.
b. The faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility: The patient has very little sensation left in the right leg.
c. An indefinite generalized body feeling: a sensation of lightness.
2. A state of heightened interest or emotion: "The anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhat between bliss and fear" (James Weldon Johnson).
3.
a. A state of intense public interest and excitement: "The purser made a sensation as sailors like to do, by predicting a storm" (Evelyn Waugh).
b. A cause of such interest and excitement: The band's new singer is a sensation.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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