CHROMAESTHESIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations

Synonyms:

chromaesthesia; chromesthesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("chromaesthesia" is a kind of...):

synaesthesia; synesthesia (a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chromaesthesia"):

colored audition; colored hearing (a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli)

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