somatesthesia

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noun

awareness of one's own body

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somesthesiasomaesthesiasomatic sensationsomesthesissomaesthesissomataesthesissomatosensory systemsomatic sensory system
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Meanings

nounsomatesthesia (uncountable)
  1. uncountableawareness of one's own body

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations

Similar
somesthesiasomaesthesiasomatic sensation
Broader
perception

nounthe faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs

Similar
somesthesiasomesthesissomaesthesiasomaesthesissomataesthesissomatosensory systemsomatic sensory systemsomatic sense
Broader
interoception
Also see
somesthesiasomesthesis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From somato- + -esthesia.

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Cite this entry
APA

somatesthesia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatesthesia

MLA

“somatesthesia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatesthesia. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somatesthesia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somatesthesia.

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