NOUN | cognition | synaesthesia, synesthesia | a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated |
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Meaning | A sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated. | |
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Synonym | synesthesia | |
Narrower | chromesthesia, chromaesthesia | A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations |
Broader | sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression, sense datum | An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation |
Spanish | sinestesia | |
Catalan | sinestèsia | |
Adjectives | synaesthetic | relating to or experiencing synesthesia |
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