different between arousal vs realisation

English

Etymology

arouse +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?z?l/
• Rhymes: -a?z?l

Noun

arousal (plural arousals)

1. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

   bodily arousal

   emotional arousal

   to influence the arousal of brain and behavior

2. Sexual arousal.

   Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.

3. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
   • 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,

     Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.

4. Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

   the mechanism for arousal from sleep

   the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal

Synonyms

• (sexual arousal): horniness
• (state of being reactive to stimuli): alertness
• (arousal from sleep): wakefulness

Translations

English

Etymology

From French réalisation, from Middle French, as if realise +? -ation.

Noun

realisation (countable and uncountable, plural realisations)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of realization.

Anagrams

• rationalise

Swedish

Etymology

From French réalisation

Noun

realisation c

1. a sale

Declension

Related terms

• rea
• realisera

References

• Realisation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)