Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

alliesthesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: al-li-es-the-sia
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The relationship between the pleasure associated with a stimulus and the internal state of an organism

Uncountable

Etymology

Coined by Michel Cabanac and Stylianos Nicolaïdis in 1971. From Ancient Greek ἀλλοῖος (alloîos, “changed, different”) + -esthesia (“sensation”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀλλοῖος

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

allesthesia

Questions

What does alliesthesia mean?: The relationship between the pleasure associated with a stimulus and the internal state of an organism
Where does alliesthesia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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