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synesthesia

[ sin-uhs-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

  1. a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.


synesthesia

/ ˌsɪniːsˈθɛtɪk; ˌsɪniːsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

  1. the usual US spelling of synaesthesia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • synesthetic, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··ٳٱ [sin, -, uh, s-theet], noun
  • ··ٳ· [sin-, uh, s-, thet, -ik], adjective
  • ԴDzȴ··ٳi adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of synesthesia1

First recorded in 1890–95; from New Latin; syn-, esthesia
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Example Sentences

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“And then synesthesia would be … these rare individuals who experience additional sensations that sometimes happen to be across the senses, but most commonly sight,” Spence told Salon in a video interview.

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The mystical Russian composer experienced synesthesia, the neurological condition in which the brain involuntarily associates one sense with another.

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As stoner food, the Latona Pub crunch wrap seems like it would be deliriously delicious, possibly inducing synesthesia.

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You’ll notice the way synesthesia guides his pen, and you’ll pick up his themes of exile, wonder, the afterlife and the privacy and primacy of marriage.

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The future of human-machine interfaces is on the cusp of a revolution with the unveiling of a groundbreaking technology -- a stretchable high-resolution multicolor synesthesia display that generates synchronized sound and light as input/output sources.

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