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n. - A sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated.

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Usage examples (38)
  • SIGGRAPH call for art entries, synaesthesia is 2004 theme
  • Genetic Roots of synaesthesia Unearthed - I've always been interested in synaesthesia (here's a past post on the subject).
  • This same sort of synaesthesia is evident when we consider how light and optical effects were combined in the stage directions for Henry
  • It's called synaesthesia- but you probably know that- and you seem like the have number-colour synaesthesia which is common.
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