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Definition of Kinaesthesia
1. Noun. The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc.
Generic synonyms: Somatosense, Somaesthesia, Somaesthesis, Somataesthesis, Somatesthesia, Somatic Sense, Somatic Sensory System, Somatosensory System, Somesthesia, Somesthesis
Derivative terms: Kinaesthetic, Kinesthetic
2. Noun. The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body.
Generic synonyms: Proprioception
Derivative terms: Kinaesthetic, Kinesthetic, Kinesthetic
Antonyms: Kinanesthesia
Definition of Kinaesthesia
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of kinesthesia) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinaesthesia
Literary usage of Kinaesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Journal of Public Speaking (1917)
"kinaesthesia, A NEW AID TO THE TEACHING OF SPEECH. BY JAMES SONNETT GREENE, MD,
The English Journal, April, 1917, p. 248. This article was read before the ..."
2. The Psychology of Nursing by Aileen Cleveland Higgins (1921)
"After years of response to defective "guiding orders," a struggle is necessary
to regain a normal kinaesthesia. However, it can be done. ..."
3. Collected Reprints by Otto Charles Glaser (1904)
"If kinaesthesia plays an important role, if indeed it is by this means that the
animals sense direction, and if furthermore, it is a sequence of states, ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"James Sonnett kinaesthesia, a new aid to the teaching of Greene, Harry A. speech.
English J 6:24S-53 Ap '17 Greene, Jerome Davis Bureau of social hygiene. ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychologyby Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1913)
"465-507 GEORGE VAN NESS DEARBORN kinaesthesia and the Intelligent Will ....
204-255 RAYMOND DODGE The Refractory Phase of the Protective-Wink Reflex 1-7 ME ..."
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