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photism Psychics.|ˈfəʊtɪz(ə)m|
[ad. Gr. ϕωτισµός illumination, f. ϕωτίζειν to shine, illuminate, f. ϕῶς, ϕωτ- light.]
A hallucinatory sensation or vision of light.
1892D. H. Tuke Dict. Psychol. Med. II. 1126/1 Most sound photisms are projected on externality. 1902Athenæum 19 July 82/3 The alleged accompanying vision of a great light, a ‘photism’ Mr. James calls the phenomenon. 1903F. W. H. Myers Hum. Personality I. Gloss. s.v. Secondary Sensations, With some persons every sensation of one type is accompanied by a sensation of another type; as, for instance, a special sound may be accompanied by a special sensation of colour or light (chromatisms or photisms). 1903A. Lang Valet's Trag. 205 Her [Jeanne d'Arc's] thoughts..presented themselves in visual forms..attended by an hallucinatory brightness of light (a ‘photism’). |