Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who experiences synesthesia.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
synaesthete .
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Examples
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The protagonist is a synesthete, which is unusual enough that most readers would probably consider it a novelty.
Archive 2004-11-01 Holly 2004
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The protagonist is a synesthete, which is unusual enough that most readers would probably consider it a novelty.
I'll be mellow when I'm dead Holly 2004
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On second reading, this does seem like I'm dumbing the term "synesthete" as I accuse others with "curate."
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete) | Tomorrow Museum 2010
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What prompted the idea to have a character in the story be a synesthete?
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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Some say every person on earth is a synesthete, but that the remaining 999,990 people out of a million experience synesthesia only on a subconscious level.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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And I also found out a while back that I'm a synesthete.
Match Your Learning Style With The Proper Productivity Tools | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I think this has something to do with my being a synesthete? idk. ssj4Gogeta wewillchange
Match Your Learning Style With The Proper Productivity Tools | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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Is every synesthete like me: a reflection, an absorption, a sponge?
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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What is the significance of Yllis being a synesthete?
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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But as we passed from America to Africa, I, Yllis Slepy, synesthete that I am, saw orange neon and digital black during a personality-free Thursday in the personality-free month of September, even as I tasted and smelled and otherwise sensed what seemed an ocean of feeling in that plane.
Amaryllis in Blueberry Christina Meldrum 2011
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