Definitions for synaesthesia
ˌsɪn ɪsˈθi ʒə, -ʒi əsynaes·the·si·a

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. synesthesia, synaesthesianoun

   a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated

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1. synaesthesianoun

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

2. synaesthesianoun

   The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, another, unlike, perception that is not experienced at the same time.

3. synaesthesianoun

   A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.

4. Etymology: From +, modeled after anaesthesia.

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1. synaesthesia

   Synesthesia (American English) or synaesthesia (British English) is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report a lifelong history of such experiences are known as synesthetes. Awareness of synesthetic perceptions varies from person to person. In one common form of synesthesia, known as grapheme–color synesthesia or color–graphemic synesthesia, letters or numbers are perceived as inherently colored. In spatial-sequence, or number form synesthesia, numbers, months of the year, or days of the week elicit precise locations in space (e.g., 1980 may be "farther away" than 1990), or may appear as a three-dimensional map (clockwise or counterclockwise). Synesthetic associations can occur in any combination and any number of senses or cognitive pathways.Little is known about how synesthesia develops. It has been suggested that synesthesia develops during childhood when children are intensively engaged with abstract concepts for the first time. This hypothesis – referred to as semantic vacuum hypothesis – could explain why the most common forms of synesthesia are grapheme–color, spatial sequence, and number form. These are usually the first abstract concepts that educational systems require children to learn. The earliest recorded case of synesthesia is attributed to the Oxford University academic and philosopher John Locke, who, in 1690, made a report about a blind man who said he experienced the color scarlet when he heard the sound of a trumpet. However, there is disagreement as to whether Locke described an actual instance of synesthesia or was using a metaphor. The first medical account came from German physician Georg Tobias Ludwig Sachs in 1812. The term is from the Ancient Greek σύν syn, 'together', and αἴσθησις aisthēsis, 'sensation'.

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1. synaesthesia

   Synaesthesia is a neurological condition where the stimulation of one sensory pathway involuntarily leads to simultaneous experiences in another sensory pathway. It's a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. This can result in people associating certain sounds with different colors, or attributing tastes to particular words, among other unique sensory experiences.

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1. • Sensation

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of synaesthesia in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of synaesthesia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=synaesthesia
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Synaesthesia
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaesthesia
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5. ^ Usage in printed sources
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