Meaning & use

Synesthetic

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Relating to synesthesia, a condition in which stimulation of one sense triggers an automatic experience in another sense.

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She described the music in synesthetic terms, saying each chord had its own color.

Synesthetic artists often try to capture sound as visual patterns on canvas.

A note on using this word

People with synesthesia might, for example, perceive specific numbers or letters as always having a particular color.

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