kinesthesia
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kinesthesia
- /ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/ US
- /ˌkaɪnɪsˈθiʒə/ US
Where it comes from
From kine- + -esthesia. Compare kinesthesis and Greek κιναισθησία (kinaisthisía).
Notes
If this word were borrowed on fully traditional principles it would be cinesthesia (or cinaesthesia); compare cinema from the same root. But more often this Greek root is spelled and pronounced with a k, and in the case of kinesthesia this avoids inconvenient homophony with synaesthesia, the sensation of one type of perception as another (e.g. the perception of smells as colors). Nevertheless the words are still occasionally confused; e.g. http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&vid=ISBN0849303710&id=_u4sZjHHwCYC&pg=PA581&lpg=PA581&dq=cinesthesia&sig=gFEo5BGoW75XcUVTk44aHGKgGuc.
noun kinesthesias · kinaesthesia · kinæsthesia
- Sensation or perception of motion. For quotations using this term, see Citations:kinesthesia.
- The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
- A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.
- Proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well. See usage notes below.
Similar: proprioception, kinesthesis
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noun
Similar: proprioception, kinesthesis
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noun sensation or perception of motion
| Español | cinestesia, kinestesia |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 運動感覚 undō kankaku |
| 中文 | 肌肉運動知覺 /肌肉运动知觉 jīròu yùndòng zhījué, 運動覺 /运动觉 yùndòngjué, 動覺 /动觉 dòngjué |
| Português | cinestesia |
| Français | kinesthésie |
| Deutsch | Kinästhesie |
| Ελληνικά | κιναισθησία kinaisthisía |
| Русский | кинестези́я kinɛstɛzíja |
Talk about this word "kinesthesia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kinesthesia. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. kinesthesia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/kinesthesia "kinesthesia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kinesthesia.Cite this
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title = {kinesthesia},
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