sensation
/sɛnsˈeɪʃʌn/
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Definitions
Noun
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
Noun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Noun
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest; "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear"
Noun
a state of widespread public excitement and interest; "the news caused a sensation"
Noun
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
Synonyms
ace
adept
aesthesis
champion
esthesis
genius
hotshot
maven
mavin
sense
sense datum
sense experience
sense impression
sensory faculty
sentience
sentiency
star
superstar
virtuoso
whiz
whizz
wiz
wizard
More General Terms
excitation
excitement
expert
faculty
fervor
fervour
inflammation
mental faculty
module
perception
stir
More Specific Terms
auditory sensation
gustatory perception
gustatory sensation
limen
masking
modality
odor
odour
olfactory perception
olfactory sensation
sense modality
sensibility
sensitiveness
sensitivity
sensory system
smell
sound
synaesthesia
synesthesia
taste
taste perception
taste sensation
threshold
track star
vision
visual sensation