nonsensational

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   philosophy and psychology: not consisting of, accompanied by, or directly derived from sensation

   The theory claims that language permits nonsensational thought about abstract objects.

2. 2
   adj

   not designed to excite intense public interest or emotion

   The report used a careful, nonsensational account of the event.

Formed from non- + sensational. In older psychology, sensational could mean relating to sensation rather than merely exciting, so nonsensational described thought without sensory content.

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