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Definition of Chromesthesia

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

Medical Definition of Chromesthesia

1. 1. The colour sense. 2. A condition in which non-visual stimuli, such as taste or smell, cause the perception of colour. Origin: G. Chroma, colour, + aisthesis, sensation (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chromesthesia

Literary usage of Chromesthesia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1895)
"Did your pseudo-chromesthesia begin In childhood ? or Later ? or Any similar habit ? ... IB your pseudo-chromesthesia so strong that If yon hear, read, ..."

2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1893)
"Dr. William O. Krohn concludes, after carefully studying several hundred cases of pseudo-chromesthesia, that a greater per cent, of them arise from some ..."

3. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1905)
"... -chromesthesia. Amer. J. of Psychol., v, 1892, pp. 20-41. Kühne, Adolf. Vollständiges Lehrbuch der Gedächtniskunst. Osterwieck, 1888. ..."

4. Music (1897)
"In The American Journal of Psychology for October, 1892, Dr. William O. Krohn treats of the curious phenomena of pseudo-chromesthesia, in which sound gives ..."

5. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1920)
"chromesthesia, kro-mes-the'-zc-ah. An association of color-sensations with hearing, smelling, or tasting. Chro'mlc Anhy'drid. See Acid, Chromic. ..."

6. Practical Lessons in Psychology: By William O. Krohn by William Otterbein Krohn (1894)
"A comparatively frequent phenomena is that known as color audition or pseudo-chromesthesia. By these and similar terms it is meant to signify that large ..."

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