sensation
noun
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the faculty through which the external world is apprehendedsentience
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an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation“a sensation of touch”esthesisaesthesissense experiencesense impressionsense datum
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a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest“anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear”
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someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldchampion
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a state of widespread public excitement and interest“the news caused a sensation”