synaesthesia
Americannoun
noun
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physiol a sensation experienced in a part of the body other than the part stimulated
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psychol the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. For example, a sound may evoke sensations of colour
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Origin of synaesthesia
from New Latin, from syn- + -esthesia, from Greek aisthēsis sensation
Vocabulary lists containing synaesthesia
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I interviewed Pharrell, and I cut together a scene of him listening to Stevie Wonder as a boy, on his parents' stereo – and his synaesthesia kicks in.
From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024
The 25-year-old says she only recently found out synaesthesia "was a thing" but she's not the only musician with the condition.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2022
Lawrence plays Dominika, or “Red Sparrow”, a Russian intelligence agent with the unique ability to sense people’s emotions and secrets through her synaesthesia, a perception of emotional “colour”.
From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2018
Willis makes a convincing case for synaesthesia in Barrett’s ability to write for the mind’s eye as well as the ear.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2015
Design now affords more integrative projects of higher levels of synaesthesia, as well as experiences involving variable designs-that is, designs that grow together with the human being self-constituted in practical interactions with the designed world.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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