"synaesthesia : (neurology, psychology) A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a..."
“synaesthesia : (neurology, psychology) A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.
(by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.
(art, literature) A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
Russian journalist and mnemonist Solomon Shereshevsky, who was said to experience a powerful form of synaesthesia in which stimulation of one of his senses produced a reaction in all the others, died on this day in 1958.”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synaesthesia#English
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(by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.
(art, literature) A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
Russian journalist and mnemonist Solomon Shereshevsky, who was said to experience a powerful form of synaesthesia in which stimulation of one of his senses produced a reaction in all the others, died on this day in 1958.”
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synaesthesia#English
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