kinesthetic

American  

[kin-uhs-thet-ik] / ˌkɪn əsˈθɛt ɪk /

especially British, kinaesthetic

adjective

1. Psychology, Physiology. having to do with movement or sensation, especially within the body.

   One quintessential spa experience was to go back and forth from the scalding hot pool to the ice cold pool, sending your body into a heightened kinesthetic state.

2. needing to move.

   Some teachers feel that their most energetic and distractible students are actually kinesthetic learners, who need to get their whole body involved in the learning process.

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Other Word Forms

• kinesthetically adverb

Etymology

Origin of kinesthetic

First recorded in 1890–95 as kinæsthetic; kinesthe(sia) ( def. ) + -tic ( def. )

Example Sentences

According to popular educational theory, some kids are what educators call tactile learners; they do especially well with a kinesthetic instruction that involves actively doing over passively absorbing.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 13, 2023

That's what we did with the cinematography in those moments and with the editing and Florence's amazing performance was try to just give the audience a real kinesthetic experience of what it's like.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2023

I was much more kinesthetic, much more into dance.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2022

In proprioception, proprioceptive and kinesthetic signals travel through myelinated afferent neurons running from the spinal cord to the medulla.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Music should be taught through the tactile, kinesthetic, aural, and visual senses.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

• bodily
• physical