sensation /sen-sāˈshən/

1. Consciousness of a physical experience, resulting from a certain bodily condition or resulting from stimulation of a sense organ (cf perception)
2. Function or operation of any of the senses
3. An effect on the senses
4. Power of sensing
5. An emotion or feeling, esp of a specified kind
6. A thrill
7. A state, or matter, of general excited interest in the public, audience, etc
8. Melodramatic quality, style or method
9. Enough to taste, as of an alcoholic drink (slang)

sensāˈtional adjective

1. Causing or designed to cause a strong emotional reaction, esp excitement or horror
2. Excellent (informal)
3. Related to sensation or the senses

sensāˈtionalism noun

1. The use of melodramatic style or lurid details in order to achieve a sensational effect
2. The doctrine that our ideas originate solely in sensation (philosophy)

sensāˈtionalist noun and adjective

sensātionalistˈic adjective

sensāˈtionalize or sensāˈtionalise transitive verb

To make (an event, situation, etc) appear more exciting or shocking than it really is

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