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KINESTHESIS
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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 ("kinesthesis" is a kind of...):
proprioception (the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts)
Derivation:
kinesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)