1. An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
   "a sensation of touch"
   - esthesis [US], aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum 
2. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
   - ace, adept, champion, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz, megastar 
3. A general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
   "anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear" 
4. A state of widespread public excitement and interest
   "the news caused a sensation" 
5. The faculty through which the external world is apprehended
   - sense, sentience, sentiency, sensory faculty

Derived forms: sensations

See also: sense, sensory

Type of: excitation, excitement, expert, faculty, fervor [US], fervour [Brit, Cdn], inflammation, mental faculty, module, perception, stir

Encyclopedia: Sensation

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