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pseudosynesthesia

pseudosynesthesia noun: a condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.

Noun

pseudosynesthesia (uncountable)

  1. A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.
    • In order to distinguish true synesthesia from pseudosynesthesia, for example, they have devised tests that only a genuine synesthete can "pass."2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Forms of pseudosynesthesia

alternative formpseudosynaesthesia

Origin of pseudosynesthesia

From pseudo- + synesthesia.

Questions about pseudosynesthesia

What does pseudosynesthesia mean?
Pseudosynesthesia means a condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.
What part of speech is pseudosynesthesia?
Pseudosynesthesia is a noun.

Words near pseudosynesthesia in the dictionary

  1. pseudosymmetry
  2. pseudosynaesthesia
  3. pseudosynchronous
  4. pseudosynchrony
  5. pseudosyncope
  6. pseudosynesthesia
  7. pseudosynovial
  8. pseudotabes
  9. pseudotabetic
  10. pseudotabular
  11. pseudotachylite

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