English > interoception: 1 sense > noun 1, cognitionMeaning | sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body. |
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Narrower | proprioception | The ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts |
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somesthesia, somesthesis, somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somatesthesia, somataesthesis, somatosensory system, somatic sensory system, somatic sense | The faculty of bodily perception |
Broader | sensitivity, sensitiveness, sensibility | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli |
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Adjectives | interoceptive | of or relating to interoception |
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