Word

aesthesis, n.
(aestheses)

an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 3

aesthesis esthesis sensation sense datum sense experience sense impression

sample sentences

"a sensation of touch"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sense

semantic pointers

hypernym

perception

hyponym

threshold, limen masking vision, visual sensation smell, odor, odour, olfactory sensation, olfactory perception taste, taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception sound, auditory sensation synesthesia, synaesthesia