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photisms

photisms is the plural of photism.

Meaning of photism

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

Questions about photisms

What is photisms the plural of?
Photisms is the plural of photism.

Words near photisms in the dictionary

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

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