synaesthesia
IPA: sˈɪnʌsθˈiʒʌ
noun
- (neurology, psychology) 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.
- (art, literature) A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
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Examples of "synaesthesia" in Sentences
- At higher doses it can cause synaesthesia.
- He had a number of different types of synaesthesia.
- OCD and synaesthesia seem to be associated with autism.
- A lot of classical composers seemed to have synaesthesia.
- It pertained in some way to synaesthesia, among other things.
- Her advanced synaesthesia leads into the realm of clairvoyance.
- Solomon Shereshevskii was also famous as an interesting case of synaesthesia.