sense datum

1. 1.

   an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation

   “a sensation of touch”

   Synonymssensationesthesisaesthesissense experiencesense impression

   Broaderperception

   Narrowerthresholdmaskingvisionsmelltastesoundsynesthesia

Questions about sense datum

What does sense datum mean?

sense datum means "an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation".

What is another word for sense datum?

Close synonyms include sensation, esthesis, aesthesis, sense experience, sense impression. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sense datum a common word?

sense datum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.