Esthesis
/ɛsˈθiːsɪs/noun
Aesthetic or sensory perception; the experience of feeling or sensation.
Did you know?Esthesis comes from Greek aisthēsis, meaning “perception by the senses,” from the same root that gave English anesthesia and aesthetic.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
aisthēsis (αἴσθησις)
“Perception, sensation, awareness through the senses”
Late Greek
Greek
aisthēsis
“Sensation or perception, especially in philosophical and medical writing”
16th–17th Century
English
esthesis
“A borrowed learned term for sensation or perception”
Modern English
English
esthesis
“Sensory or aesthetic perception”
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