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alliesthesia

alliesthesia noun: the relationship between the pleasure associated with a stimulus and the internal state of an organism.

Noun

alliesthesia (uncountable)

  1. The relationship between the pleasure associated with a stimulus and the internal state of an organism

Origin of alliesthesia

Coined by Michel Cabanac and Stylianos Nicolaïdis in 1971. From Ancient Greek ἀλλοῖος (alloîos, “changed, different”) + -esthesia (“sensation”).

Questions about alliesthesia

What does alliesthesia mean?
Alliesthesia means the relationship between the pleasure associated with a stimulus and the internal state of an organism.
What part of speech is alliesthesia?
Alliesthesia is a noun.

Words near alliesthesia in the dictionary

  1. allied arts
  2. allied health
  3. Allier
  4. allies
  5. alliest
  6. alliesthesia
  7. allieth
  8. alligant
  9. alligants
  10. alligarta
  11. alligartas

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