sensorium
noun
sen·so·ri·um
sen-ˈsȯr-ē-əm 
plural sensoriums or sensoria
sen-ˈsȯr-ē-ə
: the parts of the brain or the mind concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli
broadly
: the entire sensory apparatus
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Pan-Africanism was built in relation to a broader sensorium than the visual, and cannot be grasped along the visual/conceptual axis alone.
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Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025
All historians learn to live with the longing to know what’s vanished, but surely historians of the senses are in pursuit of the most transient of all: the archaic sensorium.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
This collective sensorium is deeply shared.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
The Skin of the Film to describe how film can impact our full sensorium.
—Wired, 11 Aug. 2022
One of the ways Egan re-creates the sensorium of the internet is through huge, almost comical time jumps that reflect the bizarre processes of reconnection that digital life facilitates.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 10 May 2022
At times, this disorientation recreates the sensorium of misinformation that has defined this conflict.
—Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
The Living Mountain prescribes a philosophy of bodily thinking, in which the body is a sensorium and the senses are avenues to knowledge.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
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Delinda Collier, Artforum, 1 May 2025
All historians learn to live with the longing to know what’s vanished, but surely historians of the senses are in pursuit of the most transient of all: the archaic sensorium.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
This collective sensorium is deeply shared.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
The Skin of the Film to describe how film can impact our full sensorium.
—Wired, 11 Aug. 2022
One of the ways Egan re-creates the sensorium of the internet is through huge, almost comical time jumps that reflect the bizarre processes of reconnection that digital life facilitates.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 10 May 2022
At times, this disorientation recreates the sensorium of misinformation that has defined this conflict.
—Jennifer Wilson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
The Living Mountain prescribes a philosophy of bodily thinking, in which the body is a sensorium and the senses are avenues to knowledge.
—Connor Goodwin, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
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“Sensorium.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensorium. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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sensorium
noun
sen·so·ri·um
sen-ˈsōr-ē-əm, -ˈsȯr-
plural sensoriums or sensoria
-ē-ə
1
: the parts of the brain or the mind concerned with the reception and interpretation of sensory stimuli
broadly
: the entire sensory apparatus
2
a
: ability of the brain to receive and interpret sensory stimuli
decreasing sensorium
b
: the state of consciousness judged in terms of this ability
a clouded sensorium
the sensorium remained clear
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