"photism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfəʊtɪzəm/ [UK] Forms: photisms [plural]
Etymology: From the stem of Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|φῶς||light}} Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”), {{suffix|en||-ism}} + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun}} photism (plural photisms)
  1. (psychology) A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature. Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature): 幻視 (Chinese Cantonese), 幻视 (waan⁶ si⁶) (Chinese Cantonese)
    Sense id: en-photism-en-noun-b-tKCOm4 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature': 98 2
  2. The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
    Sense id: en-photism-en-noun-vXGhmlla Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 31 69 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 73

Inflected forms

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