photism

[ foh-tiz-uhm ]

nounPsychology.
  1. a form of synesthesia in which a visual sensation, as of color or form, is produced by the sense of touch, hearing, etc.

Origin of photism

1
1890–95; <Greek phōtismós illumination, equivalent to phōt(ízein) to give light + -ismos-ism

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