mindquake en · NOUN
Etymology
From mind + quake, by analogy with earthquake.
Meanings
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(informal) A sudden drastic change in one's thoughts or beliefs.
For our Irish neighbors on the Beara Peninsula, it was a mindquake that shook the foundations of their belief.
2000, James Lovelock, The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth, page 172:We knew that we needed to change the mentality of Egyptians, to bring about a mindquake, an earthquake in the mind, to arm Egyptians with action tools.
2014, Linda Herrera, Revolution in the Age of Social Media, page 18:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mindquakes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |