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Definitions for synesthetic
-ˈθɛt ɪksynes·thet·ic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. synesthetic, synaestheticadjective

    relating to or experiencing synesthesia; involving more than one sense

    "synesthetic response to music"; "synesthetic metaphor"

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  1. synesthetic

    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. synesthetic

    Synesthetic refers to an unusual perceptual phenomenon, synesthesia, where stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway involuntarily triggers sensations in another sensory or cognitive pathway. For example, a synesthetic person might perceive colors when they hear certain sounds, or taste specific flavors when they see certain shapes. The term can also be used to describe art or experiences designed to stimulate multiple senses simultaneously.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of synesthetic in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of synesthetic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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