sensation
pronunciation
How to pronounce sensation in British English:
UK [senˈseɪʃn]
How to pronounce sensation in American English:
US [senˈseɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
- a state of widespread public excitement and interest
- the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
Word Origin
- sensation (n.)
- 1610s, "a reaction to external stimulation of the sense organs," from French sensation (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin sensationem (nominative sensatio), from Late Latin sensatus "endowed with sense, sensible," from Latin sensus "feeling" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "state of shock, surprise, in a community" first recorded 1779. The great object of life is sensation -- to feel that we exist, even though in pain. It is this 'craving void' which drives us to gaming -- to battle, to travel -- to intemperate, but keenly felt, pursuits of any description, whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment. [Lord Byron, letter, Sept. 6, 1813]
Synonym
Example
- 1. That super rub-a-dub means more sensation for you both .
- 2. They 're waiting for la 's current food sensation .
- 3. At a subtler level , a biochemical reaction starts in the body , resulting in some sensation .
- 4. For conventional repair , surgeons take nerve grafts , even though this means losing skin sensation .
- 5. Seeking sensation isn 't necessarily impulsive .