synaesthesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.
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.

/ˌsɪn.ɪsˈθiː.ʒə/ /ˌsɪn.ɪsˈθiː.zɪ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synaesthesia.wav /ˌsɪn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

synaesthesia synaesthesiae synaesthesias synæsthesia synesthesia

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”), modelled after anaesthesia. It is analysable as syn- + -aesthesia.

aesthesia chromesthesia grapheme-color hyperchromatopsia ideasthesia metaphor phonaesthesia pseudo-chromesthesia synchresis

synaesthete

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary