Sensation

Word SENSATION
Character 9
Hyphenation sen sa tion
Pronunciations /sɛnˈseɪʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Sensation"

What do we mean by sensation?

A perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition. noun

The faculty to feel or perceive; physical sensibility. noun

An indefinite generalized body feeling. noun

A state of heightened interest or emotion. noun

A state of intense public interest and excitement. noun

A cause of such interest and excitement. noun

The action, faculty, or immediate mental result of receiving a mental impression from any affection of the bodily organism; sensitive apprehension; corporeal feeling; any feeling; also, the elements of feeling or immediate consciousness and of consciousness of reaction in perception; the subjective element of perception. noun

A state of interest or of feeling; especially, a state of excited interest or feeling. noun

That which produces sensation or excited interest or feeling: as, the greatest sensation of the day. noun

A hypothetical intensity of sensation which exists below the stimulus limen. noun

A sense-distance or sense-interval, traversed in the direction opposite to that which has been chosen as the positive Thus, if Sm and Sn are two points upon the scale of brightness qualities such that the distance Sm–Sn represents a just noticeable increase of brightness (positive), then the distance Sn–Sm may be considered negative in regard to Sm-Sn. noun

A sensation which lies to the right of the zero-point of the sensation-scale, that is, which belongs to the group of noticeable (as opposed to unnoticeable) sensations. noun

A sense-step or sense-distance regarded as traversed in the opposite direction to that taken as negative. Thus, if the sense-distance Sn-Sm be looked upon as negative, then the sense-distance Sm-Sn is positive. noun

Specifically, the sensations of dizziness furnished, in all probability, by the semicircular canals of the internal ear. noun

An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body. noun

A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material. noun

A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it. noun

A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed. noun

A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.

A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

A small quantity of alcohol, food or other consumable, usually requested because the consumer of it: (a) does not want to get drunk, (b) does not know what it tastes like and wants to try it, or (c) knows what it tastes like, doesn't like it, but doesn't want to offend the person offering it. Also known as a "suspicion". Urban Dictionary

A female character who has extreme pleasures sitting next to the radiator and then complains that it is too cold . but overall is a sensationally nice person.aka...anyone that looks like a luli chukri ..in other words a sensationally small girl Urban Dictionary

A feeling that overcomes you when your hormones start acting up. Urban Dictionary

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When a women feels a sensation in her vagina wether that is lubrication happening or ejaculation from the slightest reason. A simple touch or a simple look. Urban Dictionary

Crisps made by walkers that are gooooood. spicy Urban Dictionary

Most Commonly known as being said by Tony and Jermaine, refers to being the best at everything. Used in Catchphrase: Now that's... Sensational Urban Dictionary

Sarcasm; the opposite of sensational; being bored or annoyed Urban Dictionary

Pornograpy collector and general master of all things disturbing. Generally found lurking in the Player's Lounge pushing the boundaries of good taste. Urban Dictionary

A person who is beast in anything they do. Also the best looking. Urban Dictionary

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The word "sensation" in example sentences

Alas! it is the narrowness, selfishness, minuteness, of your sensation that you have to deplore in England at this day; —sensation which spends itself in bouquets and speeches; in revelings and junketings; in sham fights and gay puppet shows, while you can look on and see noble nations murdered, man by man, without an effort or a tear. ❋ Unknown (1909)

Sexual excitement is accompanied throughout by a sensation of pleasure, specifically known as _voluptuous pleasure_, the _voluptuous sensation_, or simply _voluptuousness_ (in Latin, _libido sexualis_). ❋ Albert Moll (1900)

It is sensation viewed especially in regard to its object -- _representative sensation_, or the "sensible idea" of modern philosophy. ❋ Unknown (1852)

If one adopts (b), and something like a Sellarsian or Davidsonian distinction between sensation and thought, putting phenomenal character exclusively on the ˜sensation™ side, and intentionality exclusively on the ˜thought™ side of this divide, the place of consciousness in a philosophical account of knowledge will likely be meager ” at most phenomenal character will be a causal condition, without a role to play in the warrant or justification of claims to knowledge. ❋ Siewert, Charles (2006)

"The main sensation is that there have been no sensations today," Mr. Azarov said. ❋ James Marson (2010)

In psychology, however, the term sensation has been used in two somewhat different meanings. ❋ Ontario. Ministry Of Education (N/A)

"Besides," continued Becker, "if plants really existed, possessing what is understood by the term sensation, they would be animals." ❋ Paul Adrien (N/A)

If all of reality is finally reducible to sensations, then the term sensation must be used in a new sense to connote a self-subsistent being, and can no longer refer merely to a function of certain physiological processes. ❋ Ralph Barton Perry (1916)

The term sensation is at present employed in the same ill-considered manner. ❋ Ralph Barton Perry (1916)

On this second point I will offer, for the time being, one simple remark: we use the term sensation for lack of any other to express the intermediate character of our perception of objects; and this use does not, on our part, imply any hypothesis. ❋ Alfred Binet (1884)

Thus the perception or thought which actually accompanies, and is annexed to, any impression on the body, made by an external object, being distinct from all other modifications of thinking, furnishes the mind with a distinct idea, which we call sensation; — which is, as it were, the actual entrance of any idea into the understanding by the senses. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The pleasure that accompanies this sensation is almost addictive; for many, myself included, it's the most important reason to read both poetry and prose. ❋ Unknown (2001)

This sensation is aggravated not so much by the thought of those who stood here before me as by the memory of those who have been bypassed by this honor, who were not given this chance to address ❋ Unknown (1987)

This substance purpurine is rapidly decomposed by radiant energy of certain wave lengths, becoming bleached, but the decomposition is attended by certain molecular movements; the ends of the optic nerves, which are also spread over the retina, are shaken by the disrupting molecules, and the disturbance is the origin of what we call the sensation of light. ❋ Various (N/A)

When a horse's hind legs go into a breeding-earth the sensation is awful, and how the noble animals escape without breaking their backs remains one of the wonders. ❋ Unknown (1903)

However we conceive the intimate connection of this organ and its functions, it is certain that its characteristic actions, which we call sensation, will, and thought, are inseparably dependent on the normal development of the material organ in man and all the higher animals. ❋ Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1876)

Therefore, if we analyse the proposition that all mental phenomena are the effects or products of material phenomena, all that it means amounts to this; that whenever those states of consciousness which we call sensation, or emotion, or thought, come into existence, complete investigation will show good reason for the belief that they are preceded by those other phenomena of consciousness to which we give the names of matter and motion. ❋ Thomas Henry Huxley (1860)

And when I ascribe to it the attribute whiteness, my meaning is only, that, of the sensations composing this group or series, that which I call the sensation of white colour is one. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

And when I ascribe to it the attribute whiteness, my meaning is only, that, of the sensations composing this group or series, that which I call the sensation of white color is one. ❋ John Stuart Mill (1839)

Dinner-party host (holding wine bottle): Would you care for a glass of [spinach] wine? It's made from real spinach, that's why it's [dark green]. Dinner-party [guest] (holding wine glass): Just a sensation thanks. ❋ BrizVegas (2006)

him: sensation [shutup]! Her: [but why] ? Him: because [it does] not smell sensationally nice. ❋ Kais.Patel (2007)

Wow, after looking at him i [felt] a [surge] of sensations go through my [body]! ❋ Cdgvhvchdf (2007)

Sensational [vibe] ❋ 1sk81 (2020)

“Reyshell gets [sensational sensations] when looking at Heaven.” “You give me sensational sensations.” “He [touched] my [thigh] and I got sensational sensations.” ❋ FaucetOfPussyJuice102318 (2019)

[thai] [sweet] [chilli] sensations ❋ Devon Gary Venables (2009)

That [Cooking] is Sensational ❋ Mr. Sensational (2008)

When someone says something, and you [find it] [uninteresting] or annoying. “Sensational dude! I [don’t give a shit].” ❋ Lemmy732 (2019)

Sensational is [the master] of [the Tony Danza]. ❋ Hulkster (2003)

[Look at] [Alex] he's a Croatian Sensation ❋ Joemannn (2016)

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