Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition in which a certain sound calls up the memory of a certain color, and vice versa. See
chromæsthesia .
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Examples
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Or we may compare inversion to such a phenomenon as color-hearing, in which there is not so much defect as an abnormality of nervous tracks producing new and involuntary combinations.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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"genito-musical synæsthesia," analogous to color-hearing, in this connection.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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Ribot referred to the analogy with color-hearing (_Psychology of the
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion Havelock Ellis 1899
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