sensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕn-sā'shən
ipa: /sɛnˈseɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: sensations
Etymology: From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Senses: examples: text: Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: Confining ourselves, for the moment, to sensations, we find that there are different degrees of publicity attaching to different sorts of sensations. If you feel a toothache when the other people in the room do not, you are in no way surprised; but if you hear a clap of thunder when they do not, you begin to be alarmed as to your mental condition.
ref: 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind:
text: Water and electricity might not mix, but water and battery-powered fun sure do. Whether you are using a vibe alone or with a partner, in the tub or in the shower, the sensation of intense vibration feels especially nice underwater. Although waterproof vibrators can resemble anything from a lipstick to a kitty cat, most have one of four basic designs.
ref: 2008, Tamar Love, “Turning On in the Tub”, in The Sensual Bath: Soaking in Pleasure and Passion (Sex/Relationships), Sterling/Ravenous, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86, column 1:
glosses: A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
examples: text: Coordinate term: perception
text: In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]
ref: 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
physiology
psychology
sciences
glosses: Excitation of sensory organs.
examples: text: “Two or three months more went by; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”
ref: 1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Tremarn Case”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
text: Young Derby's odd genius developed remarkably, and in his eighteenth year his collected nightmare-lyrics made a real sensation when issued under the title Azathoth and Other Horrors.
ref: 1937, H. P. Lovecraft, The Thing on the Doorstep:
glosses: A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
examples: text: You truly are a sensation.
synonyms: event
glosses: A remarkable person.
examples: text: A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.
ref: 1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's Manual, page 52:
text: When men go into a 'sluicery' for a 'sensation,' a 'drain,' or a 'common sewer,' they call the glass of gin they seek, in allusion to the juniper, a 'nipper,' or, more briefly, a 'nip,' occasionally a 'bite,' and not unfrequently it turns out a 'flogger.'
ref: 1869, Meliora, volume 12, page 47:
glosses: A small serving of gin or sherry.
Synonyms: word: feeling
word: sensation
word: perception
Hyponyms: word: dizziness
word: faintness
word: formication
word: giddiness
word: heat
word: hot flash
word: hunger
word: itch
word: light-headedness
word: obdormition
word: pain
word: palpitation
word: paresthesia
word: phantom limb
word: pins and needles
word: prickle
word: sinking feeling
word: smell
word: sound
word: taste
word: thirst
word: tickling
word: tingling
word: touch
word: vertigo
Derived terms: aerosensation
aftersensation
chemosensation
hygrosensation
hypersensation
magnetosensation
mechanosensation
orosensation
osmosensation
photosensation
presensation
sensationism
sensationist
sensationless
sensation-monger
sensation play
sensation time
somatosensation
subsensation
thermal sensation
thermosensation
Related terms: word: sensational
word: sensation fiction
word: sensation novel
word: sense
word: sensible
word: sensitive
word: sensory
word: sensual
word: emotion