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qualia

/ˈkwɑːliə/

qualia is the plural of quale.

Meaning of quale

Noun

quale (plural qualia)

  1. An instance of a subjective, conscious experience.
    • I was more like a vegetable than a person—with my consciousness only a shadow of self-awareness, only a dim sense of qualia penetrated my mental haze.2011, Steven L. Peck, A Short Stay in Hell

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Antonyms of qualia

Words that rhyme with qualia

Questions about qualia

What is qualia the plural of?
Qualia is the plural of quale.
How do you pronounce qualia?
Qualia is pronounced /ˈkwɑːliə/.

Words near qualia in the dictionary

  1. Qualey
  2. Qualeys
  3. qualgo
  4. qualgos
  5. quali
  6. qualia
  7. Qualicum
  8. qualie
  9. qualies
  10. qualifiability
  11. qualifiable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: qualia (page history and authors); quale (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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