pseudosynesthesia

noun

A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.

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Meanings

nounpseudosynesthesia (uncountable)

alternative pseudosynaesthesia

  1. uncountableA condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.

    In order to distinguish true synesthesia from pseudosynesthesia, for example, they have devised tests that only a genuine synesthete can "pass."

    2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Origin

From pseudo- + synesthesia.

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pseudosynesthesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudosynesthesia

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“pseudosynesthesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudosynesthesia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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