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photism

UK/ˈfəʊtɪzəm/

photism noun: the color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.

Noun

photism (plural photisms)

  1. The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
  2. A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature.
    • I refer to hallucinatory or pseudo-hallucinatory luminous phenomena, photisms, to use the term of the psychologists.1902, William James, “Lecture X: Conversion—Concluded”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 251

photism meaning in Tamil

photism in Tamil

ஒளித் தோற்றம்

Forms of photism

pluralphotisms

Origin of photism

From phot- + -ism.

Questions about photism

What does photism mean?
Photism means the color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
What is photism in Tamil?
Photism in Tamil is ஒளித் தோற்றம். See Photism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is photism?
Photism is a noun.
How do you pronounce photism?
Photism is pronounced /ˈfəʊtɪzəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of photism?
The plural of photism is photisms.

Words near photism in the dictionary

  1. Photinians
  2. photinias
  3. photino
  4. photinos
  5. Photios
  6. photism
  7. photisms
  8. photistic
  9. Photius
  10. photo
  11. photo album

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Adapted from Wiktionary: photism (page history and authors); photism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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