Sense Touch English Psychological Haptic Hap Tik Adjective Relating

["Haptic" (from the Greek "haptesthai," meaning "to touch") entered English in the late 19th century as a medical synonym for "tactile." By the 1950s it had developed a psychological sense, describing individuals whose perception supposedly depended primarily on touch rather than sight. Although no one today divides humans into "haptic" and "visual" personalities, English retains the broadened psychological sense of "haptic" as well as the older "tactile" sense.]