αίσθηση — meaning in English

English meaning

• affect verb To influence or make a difference to something.
• feeling noun An emotion or emotional state.
• perception noun The way the mind organizes and makes sense of information taken in through the senses.
• sensation noun A physical feeling produced by something affecting the body or senses.
• sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.

Senses

αίσθηση is used for these senses in English:

• affect (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion, especially as demonstrated in external physical signs. [from 19th c.]
• feeling Sensation, particularly through the skin.
• perception The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
• sensation A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
• sense Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
• sense Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
• sense The meaning, reason, or value of something.
• sense A natural appreciation or ability.

affect — full definition

1. verb To influence or make a difference to something.
2. verb To pretend to have or feel a quality; to put on.

feeling — full definition

1. noun An emotion or emotional state.
2. noun A sensation experienced through the sense of touch.
3. adj Showing or having strong emotional sensitivity.

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