synesthesia

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16
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11

Definition of synesthesia

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.
    “[…] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […]”
    “Because of this, SSDs are one of the first technologies to meaningfully demonstrate just what synesthesia – or at least one kind of it – might feel like to those who have never had it.”
    “[S]ynesthetes themselves can provide the indispensable cues to design a structured qualitative questionnaire: color synesthesias and their variations during sexual arousal, direct physical stimulation, and orgasm […] can help scientists differentiate the specific triggers and their characteristics.”

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Etymology

From syn- + -esthesia.

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