non-idiopathic synaesthesia
- non-idiopathic synaesthesia
Also known as acquired synaesthesia.
The term non-
idiopathic synaesthesia is indebted to the negative adverb non,
and the Greek words idiopatheia (
affliction of a local origin),
sun (
together,
unified),
and aisthanesthai (
to notice,
to perceive).
It translates loosely as '
not-
inborn *
synaesthesia',
or '
synaesthesia of a known origin'.
An example of non-
idiopathic synaesthe-
sia is *
epileptic synaesthesia.
The term non-
idiopathic synaesthesia is used in opposition to *
idiopathic synaesthesia,
which denotes a type of synaesthesia designated as inborn or developmental in origin.
References
Harrison, J. (2001). Synaesthesia. The strangest thing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dictionary of Hallucinations.
J.D. Blom.
2010.
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