Sensation

[sen'seɪʃ(ə)n] or [sɛn'seʃən]

Definition

(noun.) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; 'a sensation of touch'.

(noun.) a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; 'anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear'.

(noun.) a state of widespread public excitement and interest; 'the news caused a sensation'.

Typed by Catherine--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body.

(n.) A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.

(n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.

Checker: Neil

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Feeling (without perception or a reference to any object that causes the feeling), sense.[2]. Excitement, impression.

Inputed by Katherine

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Affection, apprehension, sentiment, feeling, perception, surprise, impression

ANT:Apathy, insensibility, nonperception, unsurprise

Editor: Rufus

Definition

n. perception by the senses: the change in consciousness which results from the transmission of nervous impulses to the brain feeling excited by external objects by the state of the body or by immaterial objects: a state of excited feeling.—adjs. Sen′sāte -d perceived by the senses; Sensā′tional pertaining to sensation: having sensation: intended as a literary work to excite violent emotions: adhering to a philosophical sensationalism.—ns. Sensā′tionalism the doctrine that our ideas originate solely in sensation and that there are no innate ideas: sensualism: sensational writing; Sensā′tionalist a believer in sensationalism: a sensational writer.—adj. Sensātionalist′ic.—adv. Sensā′tionally.—adjs. Sen′sative; Sensatō′rial pertaining to sensation.—Sensation novels novels that deal in violent effects strained emotion and usually improbable situations.

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Examples

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