synesthetic
- adjective
- /ˌsɪnəˈθɛtɪk/
- Specialized
- To tell you the truth, I actually have avoided the synesthetic community for a long, long time.
- synesthetic experience
- synesthetic vision
Examples
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In her artwork, she combined visual and auditory elements, reflecting her unique synesthetic experiences that merged sight and sound.
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Indeed, Matthew himself invoked such a synesthetic appreciation of his own illustrations when he wrote in one of his Saints' Lives that he had drawn its images "so that what the ear hears, the eyes may see."
Academic text (1999) -
I have no way to gauge one synesthetic person's experiences to my own.
Blog text (28) -
This object thus offers us a glimpse into what vision meant in Byzantium: a synesthetic experience in which the whole body is engaged.
Academic text (2006) -
Hm... I may be a bit synesthetic as well; without trying, I automatically perceive letters, numbers, and even people as colors.
Blog text (20) -
I remember seeing a branch of an oak tree with acorns on it in the autumn sunshine, and I experienced a synesthetic sense that I was part of this.
Academic text (2001) -
A similar synesthetic experience of hearing and taste emerges in the vision of the Vita Basilii Iunioris.
Academic text (2006) -
The synesthetic experience described in Vita Basilii Iunioris could also be demonstrated by the Eucharist cup at S. Marco.
Academic text (2006) -
When she listened to the music, she experienced a synesthetic response, seeing vibrant colors dancing in her mind.
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His synesthetic perception allowed him to taste the notes of the symphony as if they were flavors on his tongue.
Compounds
- Literature
Describing one sense using terms from another, like calling music sweet
Surface Forms
Morphology
synesthetic = synesthesia (semi-transparent) = syn + aesthetic + ic
The adjective is formed from the noun 'synesthesia' by the regular adjectival suffix '-ic'.
Etymology
The word synesthetic comes from the Greek parts syn- ('together') and aisthesis ('feeling' or 'sense'). So it literally means 'senses together' and is a helpful image for remembering when two or more senses mix, like seeing colors when you hear music.