Antonyms for tactility
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tak-til, -tahyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk tɪl, -taɪl |
Definition of tactility
Origin :- 1610s, "perceptible to touch," from French tactile, from Latin tactilis "tangible, that may be touched," from tactus, past participle of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Meaning "of or pertaining to touch" is attested from 1650s.
- noun touch
- noun tangibility
- In adaptation to the darkness, in which there is only luminescence that eyes could use, there is a great development of tactility.
- Extract from : « The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by J. Arthur Thomson
- The picture contains movement in the vital sense, and possesses a tactility as great as a Giorgione done with modern means.
- Extract from : « Modern Painting, Its Tendency and Meaning » by Willard Huntington Wright
Synonyms for tactility
- actualness
- blow
- brush
- caress
- collision
- communication
- contact
- contingence
- corporeality
- crash
- cuddling
- definiteness
- distinction
- embodiment
- embrace
- feel
- feeling
- fondling
- graze
- grope
- handling
- hit
- hug
- impact
- incarnation
- junction
- kiss
- lick
- manifestation
- manipulation
- materiality
- nudge
- objectiveness
- palpability
- palpation
- pat
- peck
- perception
- percussion
- petting
- physicality
- push
- rub
- rubbing
- scratch
- shock
- solidity
- stroke
- stroking
- substantialness
- taction
- tangibleness
- tap
- taste
- touchableness
- touching
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