synaesthesianoun [ U ]
UK specialized also mainly US synesthesia /ˌsɪn.əsˈθiː.zi.ə//ˌsɪn.əsˈθiː.ʒə/a condition in which someone experiences things through their senses in an unusual way, for example by experiencing a colour as a sound, or a number as a position in space:
A person with synaesthesia may see, for example, the number 2 as a green number and the number 5 as a red number.
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The senses in general
- eyesight
- feeling
- hearing
- night vision
- night vision
- sensation
- sense
- sensory
- sight
- smell
- taste
- touch
- vision