senseprimarily

Senseprimarily is a term used in discussions of perception, communication, and information processing to describe a tendency or guideline to foreground sensory information when interpreting, describing, or generating content. It denotes prioritizing evidence from the senses—sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell—over abstract reasoning or theoretical explanations.

Origin and usage: The word is a neologism that has appeared in informal discourse and some theoretical writings since the early 2010s. It is not a standard term in any established field, and its definition varies by context. Some scholars use senseprimarily to denote a descriptive stance in narrative analysis, while others apply it to guidelines for natural language generation that favor vivid sensory detail.

In practice, senseprimarily affects communication: a senseprimarily description emphasizes concrete sensory experiences rather than general claims. For example, a travel article might describe a market with sensory detail such as color, aroma, and ambient sounds before offering a historical analysis.

In artificial intelligence and data presentation, senseprimarily is sometimes used to describe systems or practices that weight sensory inputs or perceptual features more heavily than abstract features in decision-making or representation learning.

Criticism centers on ambiguity, potential bias toward vivid but nonessential details, and the risk of neglecting abstract structure or causal reasoning. Proponents argue that senseprimarily can enhance accessibility and engagement when used judiciously.

See also: sensory processing, primacy effect, vividness illusion, data-to-text generation.