Sensation - Wiktionary

See also: Sensation

English

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Etymology

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From Old French, from Medieval Latin sensatio, from Latin sensus.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: sĕn-sā'shən, IPA(key): /sɛnˈseɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

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sensation (countable and uncountable, plural sensations)

1. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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.
   • 1921, Bertrand Russell, The Analysis of Mind: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.
   • 2008, Tamar Love, “Turning On in the Tub”, in The Sensual Bath: Soaking in Pleasure and Passion‎[1] (Sex/Relationships), Sterling/Ravenous, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 86, column 1: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.
2. (psychology, physiology) Excitation of sensory organs. Coordinate term: perception
   • 1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization‎[2], Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 2:In the dead state all is apparently without motion. No agent within indicates design, intelligence, or foresight: there is no respiration; […] no sensation; […]
3. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
   • 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:“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. […]”
   • 1937, H. P. Lovecraft, The Thing on the Doorstep: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.
4. (figurative, uncommon, dated) A remarkable person. Synonym: event You truly are a sensation.
5. (slang, archaic) A small serving of gin or sherry.
   • 1852, George Butler Earp, Gold Seeker's Manual, page 52:A Sensation . . . . Half-a-glass of sherry.
   • 1869, Meliora, volume 12, page 47: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.'

Hyponyms

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• Thesaurus:sensation

Derived terms

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• 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

Related terms

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• sensational
• sensation fiction
• sensation novel
• sense
• sensible
• sensitive
• sensory
• sensual

Translations

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Arabic: حَاسَّة f (ḥāssa), حِسّ m (ḥiss) Armenian: զգայություն (hy) (zgayutʻyun), զգացում (hy) (zgacʻum) Azerbaijani: hiss (az), duyğu (az) Belarusian: пачуццё (be) n (pačuccjó), адчува́нне n (adčuvánnje) Bulgarian: усе́щане (bg) n (uséštane), чу́вство (bg) n (čúvstvo), сетиво́ (bg) n (setivó) Catalan: sensació (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 感覺 / 感觉 (zh) (gǎnjué), 知覺 / 知觉 (zh) (zhījué) Czech: pocit (cs) m Danish: følelse (da) c Dutch: gevoel (nl) n Esperanto: sento Finnish: tunne (fi), tuntemus (fi) French: sensation (fr) f Georgian: შეგრძნება (šegrʒneba), გრძნობა (grʒnoba) German: Gefühl (de) n, Empfindung (de) f Greek: αίσθηση (el) f (aísthisi) Ancient Greek: αἴσθησις f (aísthēsis) Hindi: संवेदन (hi) f (samvedan) Hungarian: érzés (hu), érzékelés (hu) Ingrian: tuntu Italian: sensazione (it) f, senso (it) m, sensazione (it) f, impressione (it) f Japanese: 感覚 (ja) (かんかく, kankaku) Kazakh: түйсік (tüisık) Korean: 감각(感覺) (ko) (gamgak) Ladino: sansasyon Latvian: sajūta f Lithuanian: pojūtis m Macedonian: осет m (oset) Māori: ānini Marathi: संवेदना f (sauvednā) Norwegian: Bokmål: følelse (no) m Persian: حِسّ (fa) (hess), اِحساس (fa) (ehsâs) Polish: czucie (pl) n, uczucie (pl) n Portuguese: sensação (pt) f Romanian: senzație (ro) f, simț (ro) n Russian: ощуще́ние (ru) n (oščuščénije), чу́вство (ru) n (čúvstvo) Scottish Gaelic: faireachdainn f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: о̏сећа̄ј m Latin: ȍsećāj m Slovak: pocit m Slovene: občutek (sl) m Spanish: sensación (es) Swedish: känsla (sv) c, förnimmelse (sv) c Tajik: эҳсос (ehsos), ҳис (his) Turkish: duyu (tr), duygu (tr), his (tr) Ukrainian: почуття́ (uk) n (počuttjá), відчуття́ (uk) n (vidčuttjá) Urdu: حِس (his) Uzbek: his (uz)

excitation of sensory organs

Esperanto: sentaĵo Finnish: aistimus (fi)

widespread excitement

Armenian: սենսացիա (hy) (sensacʻia) Azerbaijani: sensasiya Belarusian: сенса́цыя f (sjensácyja), сэнса́цыя f (sensácyja) Bulgarian: сенза́ция (bg) f (senzácija) Chinese: Mandarin: 轟動 / 轰动 (zh) (hōngdòng) Czech: senzace (cs) f Danish: sensation c Dutch: sensatie (nl) f Estonian: sensatsioon Finnish: sensaatio (fi), kohu (fi) French: sensation (fr) f Georgian: სენსაცია (sensacia) German: Sensation (de) f Hungarian: szenzáció (hu) Italian: sensazione (it) f, colpo (it) m, impressione (it) f, effetto sensazionale m Japanese: 感動 (ja) (かんどう, kandō), センセーション (ja) (sensēshon) Korean: 감동(感動) (ko) (gamdong) Kyrgyz: сенсация (ky) (sensatsiya) Latvian: sensācija f Lithuanian: sensacija f Macedonian: сензација f (senzacija) Manx: ard-haghyrt Norwegian: Bokmål: sensasjon m Nynorsk: sensasjon m Polish: sensacja (pl) f Portuguese: sensação (pt) f Romanian: senzație (ro) f Russian: сенса́ция (ru) f (sensácija) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сенза́ција f Latin: senzácija (sh) f Slovak: senzácia f Slovene: senzacija f Swedish: sensation (sv) c Tajik: ҳангома (hangoma) Telugu: సంచలనం (sañcalanaṁ) Turkish: sansasyon (tr) Turkmen: sensasiýa Ukrainian: сенса́ція f (sensácija) Uzbek: sensatsiya (uz)

References

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• (small serving of gin): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Further reading

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• “sensation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sensation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “sensation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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• Estonians, insonates

French

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Etymology

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From Latin sensationem.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

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sensation f (plural sensations)

1. sensation

Derived terms

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• faire sensation
• sensation forte

Further reading

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• “sensation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Swedish

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Noun

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sensation c

1. a sensation ((something causing) widespread excitement)
2. (psychology) a sensation (perception) Synonym: sinnesintryck

Declension

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nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sensation	sensations
	definite	sensationen	sensationens
plural	indefinite	sensationer	sensationers
	definite	sensationerna	sensationernas

Derived terms

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• sensationsjournalistik

References

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• “sensation”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “sensation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “sensation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)