CHROMAESTHESIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chromaesthesia mean? 

• CHROMAESTHESIA (noun)
  The noun CHROMAESTHESIA has 1 sense:

1. a form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations

  Familiarity information: CHROMAESTHESIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROMAESTHESIA (noun)

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Meaning:

A form of synesthesia in which nonvisual stimulation results in the experience of color sensations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

chromaesthesia; chromesthesia

Hypernyms ("chromaesthesia" is a kind of...):

synaesthesia; synesthesia (a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chromaesthesia"):

colored audition; colored hearing (a form of chromesthesia in which experiences of color accompany auditory stimuli)