as in sensorial
of or relating to physical sensation or the senses
trying to listen to music while watching the TV and eating dinner caused a sort of sensory overload
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Recent Examples of sensory
Differential maturation of the brain networks required for the sensory, emotional, and cognitive aspects of pain in human newborns.
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Fragrant blossoms, reflective accessories, and relaxing sounds add to the sensory experience for the evening flowers.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
The animals’ skulls are later surgically opened, electrodes are implanted into their brains, and researchers show them visual stimuli (images of faces, for example) to examine how the sensory deprivation or other visual manipulations affected their neurodevelopment.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025
Rocking, hand-flapping or repeating sounds are types of stimming that can help neurodivergent people self-soothe or cope with sensory challenges.
—Pamela Furr, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
Fragrant blossoms, reflective accessories, and relaxing sounds add to the sensory experience for the evening flowers.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 19 June 2025
The animals’ skulls are later surgically opened, electrodes are implanted into their brains, and researchers show them visual stimuli (images of faces, for example) to examine how the sensory deprivation or other visual manipulations affected their neurodevelopment.
—Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 18 June 2025
Rocking, hand-flapping or repeating sounds are types of stimming that can help neurodivergent people self-soothe or cope with sensory challenges.
—Pamela Furr, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensory
sensorial
Adjective
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His studio’s installation for Glossier’s Paris pop-up two months ago perfectly embodies this notion of sensorial experience and emotional connection to a brand or product.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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These psychoactive substances can induce realistic hallucinations, disorientation and alteration of sensorial perception, and were probably used to help people reach other states of mind, connecting them differently or more intensely to nature, each other, or gods in ritual ceremonies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 June 2025
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“Sensory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensory. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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