a working glossary of synesthesia-related terms

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synesthesia terms & types

acquired synesthesia - the opposite of idiopathic synesthesia associator - non-projector synesthete bimodal - occurring between two modalities chromachronia - unit of time syn color chromafacetia - personality syn color chromageusia - taste syn color chromaphonia - sound syn color chrophonemia - phoneme syn color chromatactilia - touch syn color chromabaria - weight/pressure syn color chromalgia - pain syn color chromathermia - temperature syn color chromesthesia - colored synesthesia of any type chromesthia - emotion syn color chromopsia - sight syn color chromachromia - color syn color chromagraphemia - grapheme syn color chromagraphia - graph syn color chromakinesia - movement syn color chromalogia - word syn color chromamorphia - shape syn color chromosmia - smell syn color color-digit synesthesia - digits syn color color-letter synesthesia - letters syn color facetesthia - emotion syn personality facetochronia - unit of time syn personality facetofacetia - personality syn personality facetogeusia - taste syn personality facetophonia - sound syn personality facetopsia - sight syn personality facetomorphia - shape syn personality facetokinesia - movement syn personality facetochromia - color syn personality facetographia - graph syn personality facetographemia - grapheme syn personality facetologia - word syn personality facetosmia - smell syn personality facetotactilia - touch syn personality facetobaria - weight/pressure syn personality facetothermia - temperature syn personality geusachronia - unit of time syn taste geusafacetia - personality syn taste geusaphonia - sound syn taste geusageusia - taste syn taste geusatactilia - touch syn taste geusabaria - weight/pressure syn taste geusalgia - pain syn taste geusathermia - temperature syn taste geusesthia - emotion syn taste geusopsia - sight syn taste geusachromia - color syn taste geusagraphemia - grapheme syn taste geusagraphia - graph syn taste geusalogia - word syn taste geusakinesia - movement syn taste geusamorphia - shape syn taste geusosmia - smell syn taste idiopathic synesthesia - natural/congenital synesthesia intermodal - occuring between modalities modality - a distinct pathway morphesthia - emotion syn shape/movement/texture morphochronia - unit of time syn shape/movement/texture morphofacetia - personality syn shape/movement/texture morphogeusia - taste syn shape/movement/texture morphophonia - sound syn shape/movement/texture morphopsia - sight syn shape/movement/texture morphochromia - color syn shape/movement/texture morphographemia - grapheme syn shape/movement/texture morphographia - graph syn shape/movement/texture morphologia - word syn shape/movement/texture morphokinesia - movement syn shape/movement/texture morphomorphia - shape syn shape/movement/texture morphosmia - smell syn shape/movement/texture morphotactilia - touch syn shape/movement/texture morphobaria - weight/pressure syn shape/movement/texture morphothermia - temperature syn shape/movement/texture optesthia - emotion syn sight optochronia - unit of time syn sight optofacetia - personality syn sight optogeusia - taste syn sight optophonia - sound syn sight optopsia - sight syn sight optochromia - color syn sight optographemia - grapheme syn sight optographia - graph syn sight optokinesia - movement syn sight optologia - word syn sight optomorphia - shape syn sight optosmia - smell syn sight optotactilia - touch syn sight optobaria - weight/pressure syn sight optothermia - temperature syn sight osmesthia - emotion syn smell osmochronia - unit of time syn smell osmofacetia - personality syn smell osmogeusia - taste syn smell osmopsia - sight syn smell osmochromia - color syn smell osmographemia - grapheme syn smell osmographia - graph syn smell osmokinesia - movement syn smell osmologia - word syn smell osmomorphia - shape syn smell osmophonia - sound syn smell osmosmia - smell syn smell osmotactilia - touch syn smell osmalgia - pain syn smell osmobaria - weight/pressure syn smell osmothermia - temperature syn smell phonesthia - emotion syn sound phonochronia - unit of time syn sound phonofacetia - personality syn sound phonogeusia - taste syn sound phonophonia - sound syn sound phonopsia - sight syn sound phonochromia - color syn sound phonographemia - grapheme syn sound phonographia - graph syn sound phonokinesia - movement syn sound phonologia - word syn sound phonomorphia - shape syn sound phonosmia - smell syn sound phonotactilia - touch syn sound phonalgia - pain syn sound phonobaria - weight/pressure syn sound phonothermia - temperature syn sound polymodal synesthete - having more than one type of synesthesia projector - non-associator synesthete strong synesthete - a projector synesthete with more than one type of synesthesia synesthesia - one sense/concept automatically elicits an unrelated sensation synesthete - one who has synesthesia synesthetic - pertaining to synesthesia tactesthia - emotion syn touch tactochronia - unit of time syn touch tactofacetia - personality syn touch tactogeusia - taste syn touch tactophonia - sound syn touch tactopsia - sight syn touch tactochromia - color syn touch tactographemia - grapheme syn touch tactographia - graph syn touch tactologia - word syn touch tactokinesia - movement syn touch tactomorphia - shape syn touch tactosmia - smell syn touch tactotactilia - touch syn touch tactobaria - weight/pressure syn touch tactothermia - temperature syn touch thermesthia - emotion syn temperature thermochronia - unit of time syn temperature thermofacetia - personality syn temperature thermogeusia - taste syn temperature thermophonia - sound syn temperature thermopsia - sight syn temperature thermochromia - color syn temperature thermographemia - grapheme syn temperature thermographia - graph syn temperature thermtologia - word syn temperature thermokinesia - movement syn temperature thermomorphia - shape syn temperature thermosmia - smell syn temperature thermotactilia - touch syn temperature thermobaria - weight/pressure syn temperature thermothermia - temperature syn temperature

other perception-related terms

ageusia - impaired ability to taste or complete loss of taste agnosia - inability to discriminate sensory stimuli anesthesia - impaired ability to feel or complete loss of sensation anosmia - impaired ability to smell or complete loss of smell aphasia - impaired ability to use or understand language or complete loss of use or understanding of language aphonia - impaired ability to speak or complete loss of voice audition - sense of hearing / the act or process of hearing dysgeusia - distortion in the sense of taste dyslexia - distortion in understanding or use of written language dysosmia - distortion in the sense of smell dysphonia - distortion in speech eidetic - the quality of eideticism eideticism - a condition of having extraordinary recall of vivid, detailed, visual images gustation - sense of taste / the act or process of tasting hypermnesia - exceptional memory hypomnesia - extremely defective memory olfaction - sense of smell / the act or process of smelling photism - the synesthetic projection of light, usually colored tactile - relating to the sense of touch

further useful terms

gender - a linguistic/grammatical classification graph - a drawing of some type grapheme - a single written unit in a writing system logogram - a grapheme that stands for an entire word or concept phoneme - the smallest unit of speech sex - a biological/metaphorical-biological classification

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