• enPR: sĕn-sā'shən, IPA: /sɛnˈseɪʃən/

sensation

1. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
   • 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, OCLC 639762314 ↗, page 0105 ↗:

     Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

2. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

• sensational
• sensation fiction
• sensation novel
• sense
• sensible
• sensitive
• sensory
• sensual

• French: sensation
• German: Gefühl
• Italian: sensazione, senso, sensazione, impressione
• Portuguese: sensação
• Russian: ощуще́ние
• Spanish: sensación

• French: sensation
• German: Sensation
• Italian: sensazione, colpo, impressione, effetto sensazionale
• Portuguese: sensação
• Russian: сенса́ция