kinesthesia
pronunciation
How to pronounce kinesthesia in British English:
UK [ˌkɪnəs'θi:ʒɪə]
How to pronounce kinesthesia in American English:
US [ˌkɪnəs'θiʒɪr]
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- Noun:
- the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
- the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body
Word Origin
- kinesthesia (n.)
- also kinaesthesia, 1888, Modern Latin compound of Greek kinein "to set in motion; to move" (see cite) + aisthesis "perception" (see anaesthesia).
Example
- 1. Kinesthesia , the sense of bodily movement , overrides the book 's synesthesia , its unique art of conjoining touch , sight , and thought into a unified experience .