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proprioceptive

proprioceptive

1 9.9
About how the body feels where it is and how it moves
  • adjective
  • /ˌproʊpriəˈsɛptɪv/
  • Specialized
translation icon : proprioceptivo
  • The dancer relied on proprioceptive feedback to maintain her balance during the routine.
  • proprioceptive feedback
  • proprioceptive awareness
  • proprioceptive information

But as we're drifting off into sleep, we start to lose that proprioceptive feedback.

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Examples

  • The relationship or impact of the visual, somatosensory (proprioceptive), and vestibular systems on mobility for these individuals has not been sufficiently addressed.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Perhaps the resistance of the pull fulfilled proprioceptive and kinesthetic needs.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Ability to use proprioceptive information from the cane

    Academic text (2010)
  • So the proprioceptive sims seem to work really well.

  • But as we're drifting off into sleep, we start to lose that proprioceptive feedback.

  • However, the proprioceptive feedback, the unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation,

    Academic text (2011)
  • Hence, proprioceptive information may be adequate for balance control without either vestibular or visual information.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Starting the second week, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching was performed as an exercise.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Strategies to integrate proprioceptive spatial body awareness and kinesthetic feedback with visual and aural inputs are proposed.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Body awareness through movement is proposed to influence the development of empathy because it generates feelings or stimulates one's proprioceptive kinesthetic sense.

    Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

kinesthetic
vsproprioceptive
  • Specialized
1 7.5

The sense that tells you where your body parts are and how they move

is narrower, meaning the internal bodily sense of position and movement

How Aware

acute
21 4.1
sensitive
217 2.7
proprioceptive
  • Specialized
1 9.9
insensitive
  • Specialized
5 4.5
unaware
175 2.9

Surface Forms

proprioceptive positive

Morphology

proprioceptive = proprioception (semi-transparent) = proprio + cept + ive

This is a straightforward adjective formed from the noun 'proprioception' by the productive suffix '-ive', so the relation to the base is morphologically regular.

Etymology

Proprioceptive comes from proprio- meaning 'one's own' and -ceptive from a root meaning 'to take', the same idea you see in accept or capture. So, proprioceptive describes how your body 'takes in' or 'receives' information about its own position and movement, which helps you balance and move.