KINESTHESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ability to feel movements of the limbs and body

Synonyms:

kinaesthesia; kinaesthesis; kinesthesia; kinesthesis; kinesthetics; muscle sense; sense of movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("kinesthesis" is a kind of...):

proprioception (the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts)

Derivation:

kinesthetic (of or relating to kinesthesis)

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