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EXTEROCEPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exteroception mean? 

EXTEROCEPTION (noun)
  The noun EXTEROCEPTION has 1 sense:

1. sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the bodyplay

  Familiarity information: EXTEROCEPTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXTEROCEPTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exteroception" is a kind of...):

sensibility; sensitiveness; sensitivity ((physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exteroception"):

sight; vision; visual modality; visual sense (the ability to see; the visual faculty)

cutaneous senses; sense of touch; skin senses; touch; touch modality (the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands))

audition; auditory modality; auditory sense; hearing; sense of hearing (the ability to hear; the auditory faculty)

gustation; gustatory modality; sense of taste; taste (the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth)

olfaction; olfactory modality; sense of smell; smell (the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents)


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