sense, feeling, perception, intuition, -ation, 名詞接尾辞から。感覚を刺激する、衝撃を与える、騒動を引き起こす、センセーションを巻き起こす、などの蔑称に由来する。
The great object of life is sensation -- to feel that we exist, even though in pain. It is this 'craving void' which drives us to gaming -- to battle, to travel -- to intemperate, but keenly felt, pursuits of any description, whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment. [Lord Byron, letter, Sept. 6, 1813]