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Meaning of photism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈfəʊtɪzəm/

Definitions

  1. The color that a synesthete may report seeing in association with a particular letter or number.
  2. A luminous appearance, image or subjective perception of a hallucinatory nature.

Examples

“I refer to hallucinatory or pseudo-hallucinatory luminous phenomena, photisms, to use the term of the psychologists.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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