Vocabulary : Sensational to Sensibility
Sensational : Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves. ;; Of or pertaining to sensationalism, or the doctrine that sensation is the sole origin of knowledge. ;; 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 : 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. ;; The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel.
Sensationalist : An advocate of, or believer in, philosophical sensationalism. ;; One who practices sensational writing or speaking.
Sense : A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature. ;; Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling. ;; Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation. ;; Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning. ;; That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion. ;; Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark. ;; Moral perception or appreciation. ;; One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by t
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