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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 body
Familiarity information: EXTEROCEPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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