Definition of tactility
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:the capability of being felt or touched
2
:responsiveness to stimulation of the sense of touch
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In this context, maybe the boomlet in fidget items reveals a collective hunger for the pleasures of mechanical motion and tactility.
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For me, part of the challenge is to recover our sense of time through tactility—through materials, through texture, through the senses.
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Perhaps the tactility and physical permanence of paper yields a different cognitive and emotional experience.
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