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Esthesis (Noun)

Meaning

An unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch".

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Examples

  • When a cold breeze touches the skin, the first thing noticed is often just simple esthesis, an unelaborated awareness of sensation without any interpretation.
  • The child's naive response of esthesis helped her scientists understand more about her brain's response to different sensory stimuli.
  • Even after losing sensitivity in her hand, the old mechanic still experienced some lingering esthesis, hinting that some parts of her nerve connections remained intact.
  • Neurologists noticed great variability in their subjects' esthesis as they applied gentle pressure and vibrations to specific areas of the brain.
  • A particular emphasis on esthesis highlighted the pure sensations experienced during deep sensory deprivation exercises practiced by certain mystics and ascetics.

Synonyms

  • Sensation
  • Sense Impression
  • Aesthesis
  • Sense Experience
  • Sense Datum

Hypernyms

  • Perception

Hyponyms

  • Olfactory Sensation
  • Smell
  • Sound
  • Taste
  • Threshold
  • Vision
  • Olfactory Perception
  • Odour
  • Taste Perception
  • Synesthesia
  • Gustatory Sensation
  • Masking
  • Gustatory Perception
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