pseudosynesthesia

English

Alternative forms

• pseudosynaesthesia

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ synesthesia.

Noun

pseudosynesthesia (uncountable)

1. A condition resembling synesthesia that is not true synesthesia.
   • 2007, Oliver Sacks, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain:

     In order to distinguish true synesthesia from pseudosynesthesia, for example, they have devised tests that only a genuine synesthete can "pass."