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Sensation   /sɛnsˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Sensation

noun
1.
An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation.  Synonyms: aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression.
2.
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field.  Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard.
3.
A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest.
4.
A state of widespread public excitement and interest.
5.
The faculty through which the external world is apprehended.  Synonyms: sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency.



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"Sensation" Quotes from Famous Books



... head, she had not time to feel a sensation of real fear, when cautiously her doorknob was turned and a head intruded itself which struck her as dumb as though Medusa had appeared, and drove the life-blood in a frozen ...
— Idle Hour Stories • Eugenia Dunlap Potts
... than the German we brought with us," replied Maud thoughtfully. "One would almost think he had no sensation, yet he must be suffering terribly. The doctor will amputate the remnants of his foot in an hour or so, but the man positively refuses to take ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross • Edith Van Dyne
... Jurgis sat perfectly motionless, watching him, and reveling in the strange sensation of the champagne. Once he stirred, and the dog growled; after that he sat almost holding his breath—until after a while the door of the room opened softly, and the ...
— The Jungle • Upton Sinclair
... moment I woke up. The edge of the Road on which I was standing seemed to give way beneath me, and I fell into space as one does in a nightmare. It is a very unpleasant sensation. ...
— The Mahatma and the Hare • H. Rider Haggard
... the right sort should be so thorough that it leaves one with a feeling of emptiness and cleanliness. In other words, you should feel that the colon has been evacuated thoroughly. Many who have regular bowel movements do not have this satisfying sensation afterwards. When the movement is satisfactory in every way little or no straining is necessary. The colon simply empties itself thoroughly, and the evacuation is then complete. However, few have movements ...
— Vitality Supreme • Bernarr Macfadden


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