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单词 photistic
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photisticadj.

Brit. /fə(ʊ)ˈtɪstɪk/, U.S. /foʊˈtɪstɪk/
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕωτ- , ϕῶς , -istic suffix.
Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕωτ-, ϕῶς light (see photo- comb. form) + -istic suffix. Compare Byzantine Greek ϕωτιστικός illuminating. Compare slightly earlier photism n. and earlier photistics n.
rare.
Of or relating to the sensation of light or (esp.) photisms.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective]
photistic1885
1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory II. ii. i. 356 When, from the dull sense..the photistic thrill disengages itself as something different from the rest, it will not be denied that this is a perceptive gain, i.e. an accession not only to the creature's sensory store, but to his life-relations with reality.
1942 H. S. Odbert et al. in Jrnl. Gen. Psychol. 26 199 Pronounced visualizers, those whose images approximate eidetic vividness, will be referred to as photistic visualizers.
1957 C. E. Osgood et al. Measurem. of Meaning i. 21 The regular photistic visualizers varied among themselves as to the modes of translation between sound and vision and as to the vividness of their experiences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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