sensation English · revision 15273

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1615|origins=la sentiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /sɛnˈseɪʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|sensation]] and directly [[la-med|sēnsātiō|t=perception]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[m|la-lat|sēnsātus|t=endowed with sense, sensible]] (see [[sensate]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|sēnsus|t=feeling]] (see [[sense]]).^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An operation of one of the senses, a physical feeling: 1615, in Helkiah Crooke's ''A Description of the Body of Man'',^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024) the 1610s in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense, the faculty of receiving impressions through the senses, is attested by the 1640s.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) An emotion or mental feeling is from 1755.^(OED 1989) A state of shock, surprise or excited interest in a community is recorded by 1779,^(Etymonline) and the thing or person that causes such excitement by 1864.^(Etymonline) The adjective sensational followed in the 19th century.^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1615 – a physical feeling.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1642 – perception by the senses in general.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1755 – an emotion.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1779 – public excitement.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1864 – something that causes excitement.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[perception]] caused by stimulation of a [[sense organ]] or by a bodily condition: ''a sensation of warmth''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The power of feeling or perceiving through the senses.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A vague general feeling or awareness.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A state of widespread public excitement or interest, or a person or thing that causes it.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sensationless]]

+ * [[resensation]]

+ * [[aftersensation]]

+ * [[sensationism]]

+ * [[subsensation]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sensational]]

+ * [[sense]]

+ * [[sensible]]

+ * [[sensitive]]

+ * [[sensory]]

+ * [[sensual]]

+ * [[sensate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}