释义 |
‖ numinosum|njuːmɪˈnəʊzəm| [ad. G. numinose the numinous.] = numinous n.
1938C. G. Jung Psychol. & Relig. i. 4 Religion, as the Latin word denotes, is a careful and scrupulous observation of what Rudolf Otto aptly termed the ‘numinosum’. 1950Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XL. 235 Modern psychology, with its exploration of complexes, has touched upon a taboo laid by ego-consciousness on the psychic ‘numinosum’ and ‘tremendum’. 1973J. Singer Boundaries of Soul v. 123 Many religious practices and performances seem to be carried out for the sole purpose of calling forth the power of the numinosum at will by invocation, incantation, sacrifice [etc.]. |