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kinesthesia

/ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kines-the-sia
IPA
/ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Sensation or perception of motion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Sensation or perception of motion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Sensation or perception of motion.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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.

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

kinesthesias (plural) kinaesthesia (alternative) kinæsthesia (alternative)

Derived Forms

akinesthesia cheirokinesthesia kinesthesiologist kinesthesiology kinesthetic kinesthetics kino

Phrases

kinesi-

Frequently Paired Words

inesthesis kinesi-

Synonyms

proprioception kinesthesis kinaesthesis kinaesthesia kinesthetics muscle sense sense of movement feeling of movement

Questions

How do you pronounce kinesthesia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/.
What does kinesthesia mean?
Sensation or perception of motion.
Where does kinesthesia come 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.

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