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English noun: sensation

1. sensation (cognition) an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation


SamplesA sensation of touch.


Synonymsaesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression


Broader (hypernym)perception


Narrower (hyponym)auditory sensation, gustatory perception, gustatory sensation, limen, masking, odor, odour, olfactory perception, olfactory sensation, smell, sound, synaesthesia, synesthesia, taste, taste perception, taste sensation, threshold, vision, visual sensation

2. sensation (person) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field


Synonymsace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard


Broader (hypernym)expert


Narrower (hyponym)track star

3. sensation (feeling) a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest


SamplesAnticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear.


Broader (hypernym)stir

4. sensation (state) a state of widespread public excitement and interest


SamplesThe news caused a sensation.


Broader (hypernym)excitation, excitement, fervor, fervour, inflammation

5. sensation (cognition) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended


SamplesIn the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing.


Synonymssense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency


Broader (hypernym)faculty, mental faculty, module


Narrower (hyponym)modality, sense modality, sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensory system









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