near-death experience en · NOUN
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Etymology
Coined by John C. Lilly in 1972, and popularized by Raymond Moody from 1975.
Meanings
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A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.
Everybody has the same story of the near-death experience—my entire life flashed in front of me, the white light and all that—but no one really knows it.
1995 November 26, Laura Mansnerus, quoting Timothy Leary, “At Death's Door, the Message Is Tune In, Turn On, Drop In”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| near-death experiences | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| near death experience | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (20)
sv näradödenupplevelse (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · ru околосме́ртные пережива́ния (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · pl otarcie się o śmierć (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · ja 臨死体験 (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · fr expérience de mort imminente (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · es moridera (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · de Todesnähe-Erfahrung (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · ru околосме́ртный о́пыт (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · fi rajakokemus (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · de Nahtodeserfahrung (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · pt experiência de quase-morte (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · hu halálközeli élmény (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · es experiencia cercana a la muerte (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · fi kuolemanrajakokemus (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · nl bijna-doodervaring (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · nb nær døden-opplevelse (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · da nærdødsoplevelse (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · de Nahtod-Erfahrung (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · de Nahtoderfahrung (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function) · el εμπειρία κοντά στον θάνατο (experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function)