synaesthesia ( synonym found)
Definition of synaesthesia:

°A physiological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. For example, reading the letter 'r' may trigger the visual sensation of the colour purple in the mind or the eye of the synaesthete (grapheme -> colour synaesthesia); or, more rarely, for example, the phoneme /l/ may elicit the taste of mince (lexical -> gustatory synaesthesia).
°A literary device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
Definition of synaesthesia:

°A physiological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. For example, reading the letter 'r' may trigger the visual sensation of the colour purple in the mind or the eye of the synaesthete (grapheme -> colour synaesthesia); or, more rarely, for example, the phoneme /l/ may elicit the taste of mince (lexical -> gustatory synaesthesia).
°A literary device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
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