physical sensation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandsensation
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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sensation
noun
uk/senˈseɪ.ʃən/us/senˈseɪ.ʃən/
the ability to feel something physically, especially by touching, or a physical feeling that results from ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandsensationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A dreamspace where the citizen's consciousness is still in operation and where thephysicalsensationof limitlessness occurs.
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It is, then,physicalsensationthat provides our way of identifying the parts of our body in which life inheres.
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It cannot be understood simply asphysicalsensationbut needs to be interpreted in its social and cultural context.
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Thephysicalsensationwas invoked because it was considered useful, not pleasurable.
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In order to find in her body thephysicalsensationof tugging through mud, she needed to work with very thick mud, forcing a large, strenuous effort.
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Furthermore, the joy and suffering arising from empathy is just as real as the joy and suffering arising fromphysicalsensation.
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As result, he has nophysicalsensation, except for taste - leading to excessive overeating and obesity.
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Generally, body load is an unpleasantphysicalsensationthat is difficult to describe either in terms of other sensations or in its specific location.
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It is more than thephysicalsensationthat determines an emotion.
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The perception of another person's warden could cause aphysicalsensationsuch as an itching hand or nose, as a foreboding or an apparition.
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There are lots of chemicals in chocolate that create aphysicalsensationof pleasure.
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The death is felt, not seen, so deaths with littlephysicalsensationinduce a -3 penalty.
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Full contact with an accessory creates a slightly warm sensation, but a violet wand provides a wide range ofphysicalsensationproperties with different settings and attachments.
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The word is also used to describe experiences other than thephysicalsensationof touch, such as a feeling of warmth and of sentience in general.
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Enjoyable physical sensations may be reduced after breast surgery.
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Substance use is seen as being maintained by the reinforcing properties of its subjective effects, social rewards, physical sensations, and dependence inducing qualities.
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It was an incrediblephysicalsensation.
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They were asked to recall physical sensations relating to breathing and to evaluate the role of breathing in their playing.
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Sense memory is used to refer to the recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events (instead of the emotions themselves).
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