‖ cœnæsthesis Psychol.
(siːnɪsˈθiːsɪs)
Also cœnesthesis, cen-.
[f. Gr. κοιν-ός common + αἴσθησις sensation, perception. Cf. F. cénesthésie.]
The general sense or feeling of existence arising from the sum of bodily impressions, as distinct from the definite sensations of the special senses; the vital sense.
| 1837 Sir W. Hamilton Lect. Metaph. (1877) II. xxvii. 157 The Vital sense receiving from various authors various synonyms, as coenaesthesis, common feeling, vital feeling, etc. 1881 J. Sully Illusions 197 That mass of organic feelings which constitutes what is known as cœnæsthesis, or vital sense. 1882 tr. Ribot's Dis. Memory ii. 108 The undefined consciousness, the product of all the vital processes, constituting bodily perception..which is expressed in one word—the cœnesthesis. |