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English
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Alternative spellings
kinaesthesia
Pronunciation
a|US (see usage note) /�kɪnɪs�θi��/ or /�kaɪnɪs�θi��/
Etymology
Ancient Greek κινÎÏ� (cineÅ�, put in motion) + αἴÏ�θηÏ�ιÏ� (aesthÄ�sis, sensation) in form -αιÏ�θηÏ�ία after anaesthesia, etc. Cf. kinesthesis and Modern Greek κιναιÏ�θηÏ�ία.
If this word were borrowed on fully traditional principles it would be cinesthesia (or cinaesthesia); cf. cinema from the same root. But more often this Greek root is spelled and pronounced with a k, and in the case of kinesthesia this avoids inconvenient homophony with synaesthesia, the sensation of one type of perception as another (e.g. the perception of smells as colors). Nevertheless the words are still occasionally confused; e.g. 1.
Noun
kinesthesia uncountable (abstract)
- Sensation or perception of motion.
## (physiology) the perception of the movement of one's own body, its limbs and muscles etc.
## (performing arts) A spectator's perception of the motion of a performer, or, the effect of the motion of a scene on the spectator.
- (see usage note) proprioception or static position sense; the perception of the position and posture of the body; also, more broadly, including the motion of the body as well.
Usage notes
Pronunciation
The traditional rules of pronunciation of Greco-Latin vocabulary prefer the I in the first syllable to be long. The more common pronunciation with short I is by analogy with other words from this root such as kinetic and kinesiology where short I is expected.
:Reference: John Sargeaunt, The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin, 1920. 2
Meaning
The etymological meaning of the word as used in physiology refers specifically to the motion of the body, and a distinction between kinesthesia and the sense of the position of the body is sometimes made in technical texts. In popular use the distinction is made less often.
:Reference: Terence R. Anthoney, Neuroanatomy and the Neurologic Exam: A Thesaurus of Synonyms, Similar-Sounding Non-Synonyms, and Terms of Variable Meaning, 1993. ISBN 0849386314 3
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+
Chinese: ������ simp., �����覺 trad., (jīròuyùndòngzhījué)
Dutch: kinesthesie f
Finnish: asentoaisti
French: kinesthésie f
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German: Kinästhesie f
Greek, Modern: κιναι�θη�ία f
Japanese: �������������, undou kankaku�
Latin: cinaesthesia f
Spanish: cinestesia f
Synonyms
proprioception
kinesthesis
Related terms
kinesthesis
Derived terms
kinesthesiologist
kinesthesiology
kinesthetic
Quotations
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1900s=1902<br>1972<br>1991<br>1997|
2000s=2002<br>2004
1902, George van Ness Dearborn, �A contribution to the Physiology of Kinesthesia,� in Journal Für Psychologie und Neurologie 4
[1972] 1998, Michael Goldman, �Romeo and Juliet: The Meaning of a Theatrical Experience,� excerpt of Shakespeare and the Energies of Drama quoted in an edition of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (ISBN 0451526864) 5
1991, Eugenio Barba, A Dictionary of Theatre Anthropology 6
1997, Jane C Desmond, Meaning in Motion 7
2002, Gary Delforge, Musculoskeletal Trauma 8
2004, John F Roe, All This Is So 9
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