AUDITORY SENSATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does auditory sensation mean? 

• AUDITORY SENSATION (noun)
  The noun AUDITORY SENSATION has 1 sense:

1. the subjective sensation of hearing something

  Familiarity information: AUDITORY SENSATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AUDITORY SENSATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The subjective sensation of hearing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

auditory sensation; sound

Context example:

he strained to hear the faint sounds

Hypernyms ("auditory sensation" is a kind of...):

aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "auditory sensation"):

euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)

music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))

pure tone; tone (a steady sound without overtones)

dissonance; noise; racket (the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience)

dub (the new sounds added by dubbing)