synaesthesia
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/ˌsɪn.ɪsˈθiː.zɪ.ə/
English
Definitions
noun
- A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.
- (by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.
- A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
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Synonyms
synesthesiasynæsthesiachromesthesiaideasthesiasonochromatismchemosensationsynneurosisephapseideæsthesiathermosensationsynaptoxicityphysioneurosisnociceptionsynkinesissynaptotoxicityneurophonic