sensation meaning and definition

SENSATION noun

Definition of sensation (noun)

1. an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
   • "a sensation of touch"
   • synonyms: aesthesis, esthesis, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
2. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
   • synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard
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
   • "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"
   • synonyms: sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency