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Sensation

Sensation n. An impression, or the consciousness of an impression, made upon the central nervous organ, through the medium of a sensory or afferent nerve or one of the organs of sense; a feeling, or state of consciousness, whether agreeable or disagreeable, produced either by an external object (stimulus), or by some change in the internal state of the body.
Sensation n. A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
Sensation n. A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it.
Sensational a. Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves.
Sensational a. Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge.
Sensational a. Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report.
Sensationalism n. The doctrine held by Condillac, and by some ascribed to Locke, that our ideas originate solely in sensation, and consist of sensations transformed; sensualism;
opposed to intuitionalism, and rationalism.
Sensationalism n. The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
Sensationalist n. An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism.
Sensationalist n. One who practices sensational writing or speaking.

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