pseudosynesthesia

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English

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Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ synesthesia.

Noun

pseudosynesthesia (uncountable)

  1. A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.
    • 2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain:
      In order to distinguish true synesthesia from pseudosynesthesia, for example, they have devised tests that only a genuine synesthete can "pass."