sensazione Italian · revision 38496

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1460, Michele Savonarola|origins=la sentiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /sen.satˈt͡sjo.ne/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''sensazione''' ''f'' (plural sensazioni)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned [[bor|la-lat|sēnsātiō]], derived from [[la|sēnsus|t=sense]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI)^(Wiktionary) Sabatini–Coletti, Zingarelli and Treccani call the Latin word Medieval, and DEI also compares [[fr|sensation]].^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(DEI|3454) GRADIT derives it from [[m|la|sentiō|t=to feel, perceive]], the verb behind [[m|la|sēnsus]].^(GRADIT 2003) The Latin noun may have been formed on the participle [[m|la|sēnsātus|t=endowed with sense]].^(Wiktionary)^(Devoto 1968)

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+ The sense “stir” is a calque of [[fr|faire sensation]] and [[m|fr|à sensation]].^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The first record is ''sensatione'' in the ''De regimine'' of Michele Savonarola (before 1460), and the form ''sensazione'' is in Giovan Battista Gelli (1549).^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003) The sense was the first psychological effect of an outside stimulus, an impression: Gelli writes that the organs in which ''le sensazioni'' take place must be free of their objects.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word belonged first to philosophy and medicine: the knowledge given by the senses as opposed to the intelligible, which Descartes, the Scottish school and the sensists defined in different ways.^(GDLI) Varchi wrote that every sense needs a medium in ''sensazione''.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)

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+ The sense of a strong impression, of surprise or interest, is recorded in 1789, in a Milanese newspaper: a speech “made the greatest ''sensazione''”.^(DELI 1999) Tommaseo condemned it as improper, saying that the French had ''drame à sensation'' and some Italians repeated it, while Italian had ''far senso''.^(DELI 1999) It stayed: ''fare sensazione'' is to cause a stir, and ''a sensazione'' describes a play or film made for effect.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)^(Devoto–Oli 2026) The adjective ''sensazionale'' followed in 1881.^(DEI|3454)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Before 1460 – Michele Savonarola has ''sensatione''.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1549 – Giovan Battista Gelli has ''sensazione''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * 1789 – ''Sensazione'' is recorded for a stir of surprise or interest.^(DELI 1999)

+ * 1881 – ''Sensazionale'' is recorded.^(DEI|3454)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|sensation]]: a conscious perception produced by an outside or inside stimulus on the organs of sense: ''Sotto la doccia provò una piacevole sensazione di fresco.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # The awareness of a physical or mental state, a [[m|en|feeling]].^(GRADIT 2003)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # A vague [[m|en|impression]], a presentiment: ''Ho la sensazione che domani nevicherà.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ # An experience of particular intensity: ''Cerca sempre sensazioni nuove.''^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)

+ # A stir of surprise or interest, especially in ''fare sensazione'', ''a sensazione'', made for effect.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(physics)'' The effect of sound or light signals on a listener or viewer: ''sensazione sonora'', ''sensazione luminosa''.^(Treccani 2011)^(GRADIT 2003)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sensazionale]]

+ * [[sensazionalismo]]

+ * [[sensazionismo]]

+ * [[sensazionista]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[senso]]

+ * [[sentire]]

+ * [[la|sēnsātiō]]

+ * [[fr|sensation]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}