# ideasthesia

> English word · Noun · IPA /ʌɪˈdɪəɛsˈθiːʒə/

## Definitions
1. A neurological or cognitive phenomenon in which activation of a particular concept triggers a sensory-like experience.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “notion, pattern”) + -aesthesia, modeled after synaesthesia, and introduced by Danko Nikolić in.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ideasthesia