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somaesthetics

somaesthetics noun: a philosophical discipline involving the use, appreciation, and knowledge of one's own body.

Noun

somaesthetics (uncountable)

  1. A philosophical discipline involving the use, appreciation, and knowledge of one's own body.

Forms of somaesthetics

alternative formsomesthetics

Origin of somaesthetics

Blend of somatic + aesthesis + -tics. Coined by the American philosopher Richard Shusterman.

Questions about somaesthetics

What does somaesthetics mean?
Somaesthetics means a philosophical discipline involving the use, appreciation, and knowledge of one's own body.
What part of speech is somaesthetics?
Somaesthetics is a noun.

Words near somaesthetics in the dictionary

  1. somaclone
  2. somaclones
  3. Somada
  4. somaesthetic
  5. somaesthetically
  6. somaesthetics
  7. Somain
  8. somaj
  9. somajes
  10. somajs
  11. somal

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