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Definition of Photisms
1. photism [n] - See also: photism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photisms
Literary usage of Photisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"In a few rare cases sound photisms are always localised in the head. The limitation
In space of sound photisms is even more uncertain than their ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"On the other hand, S does not experience photisms outside of these tests. ...
These associations are obviously, like the photisms, determined by the general ..."
3. Symptomatology, Psychognosis, and Diagnosis of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1914)
"photisms bright in color are produced by sounds of high quality, by intense pain,
... photisms are associated with well defined forms, small, pointed; ..."
4. Psychological Medicine; a Manual on Mental Diseases for Practitioners and by Maurice Craig (1905)
"Sound photisms. Sensations of colour accompanying sensations of sound. ...
Odour photisms. through smell. Sensations of sound from perception Sensations of ..."
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