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synaesthesia (iou)



synaesthesia noun. . L19.
[from SYN- after anaesthesia.]
Psychology. The production of a mental sense-impression relating to one sense by the stimulation of another sense, as in coloured hearing. Also, a sensation produced in one part of the body by stimulation of another part. L19.
The use of metaphors in which terms relating to one kind of sense-impression are used to describe sense-impressions of other kinds. M20.
Linguistics.
a. The expression of more than one kind of sense-impression by the same word. M20.
b. The transfer of the meaning of a word from one kind of sensory experience to another. M20.
c. = PHONAESTHESIA. L20.