Dictionary

kinesthesia en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkaɪnɪsˈθiʒə/ (US)
• /ˌkɪnɪsˈθiʒə/ (US)
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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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Sensation or perception of motion.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kinesthesia.
2. (countable, uncountable) Sensation or perception of motion. ▸ The perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
3. (countable, qualifier:performing arts, uncountable) Sensation or perception of motion. ▸ A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

kinesthesiology · kinesthetics · cheirokinesthesia · kinesthesiologist · akinesthesia · kinesthetic · kino

Relateds

inesthesis · kinesi-

Synonyms

kinesthesis · proprioception

Translations (15)

cmn 動覺 /动觉 (sensation or perception of motion) · ru кинестези́я (sensation or perception of motion) · es cinestesia (sensation or perception of motion) · fi asentoaisti (sensation or perception of motion) · ja 運動感覚 (sensation or perception of motion) · es kinestesia (sensation or perception of motion) · cmn 肌肉運動知覺 /肌肉运动知觉 (sensation or perception of motion) · pt cinestesia (sensation or perception of motion) · cmn 運動覺 /运动觉 (sensation or perception of motion) · el κιναισθησία (sensation or perception of motion) · nl kinesthesie (sensation or perception of motion) · de Kinästhesie (sensation or perception of motion) · pl kinestezja (sensation or perception of motion) · fr kinesthésie (sensation or perception of motion) · la cinaesthesia (sensation or perception of motion)