/ English Dictionary

KINESTHESIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

Synonyms:

kinaesthesia; kinaesthesis; kinesthesia; kinesthesis; kinesthetics; muscle sense; sense of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinesthesia" is a kind of...):

proprioception (the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts)

Antonym:

kinanesthesia (inability to sense movement)

Derivation:

kinesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc

Synonyms:

feeling of movement; kinaesthesia; kinesthesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinesthesia" is a kind of...):

somatosense (any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain)

somaesthesia; somaesthesis; somataesthesis; somatesthesia; somatic sense; somatic sensory system; somatosensory system; somesthesia; somesthesis (the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs)

Derivation:

kinesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)

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