sensation
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: human-sciences
medicine
physiology
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.
Inflected forms:
form: sensations
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 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.
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.
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.
gloss: Excitation of sensory organs.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Coordinate term: perception
In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]
gloss: A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: “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. […]”
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.
gloss: A remarkable person.
pos: noun
tags: countable
dated
figuratively
uncommon
uncountable
examples: You truly are a sensation.
gloss: A small serving of gin or sherry.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.
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.'
Synonyms: feeling
sensation
perception
Antonyms: lack of sensation
Related words: sensational
sensation fiction
sensation novel
sense
sensible
sensitive
sensory
sensual
emotion
Derived words: aerosensation
aftersensation
chemosensation
double sensation
hygrosensation
hypersensation
magnetosensation
mechanosensation
orosensation
osmosensation
photosensation
presensation
resensation
sensationism
sensationist
sensationless
sensation-monger
sensation play
sensation time
somatosensation
subsensation
thermal sensation
thermosensation
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