estn.

/ɛst/

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Erhard Seminars Training.

An alternative philosophy and technique intended to raise self-awareness and ‘human potential’, involving philosophical and psychological means, including motivational theories from the business world, devised in California by Werner Hans Erhard (b. John Paul Rosenberg, 1935). Frequently attributive.

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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [noun] > for developing potential

Esalen1966

est1973

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [adjective] > Esalen

Esalen1966

est1973

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [adjective] > for developing potential

Esalen1966

est1973

1970 L. C. Stevens Est 34 Complete representatives of the Electronic Social Transformation, they are the people of the EST.]

1973 Bull. San Francisco Med. Soc. Sept.–Oct. 40/2 The male graduate of the est training is more willing to assume responsibility for himself.

1976 L. Rhinehart Book of Est p. xii Est is not a religion, not a therapy, not an academic course, not a belief system. It might best be described.. as theater—..as encounter theater.

1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1558/1 For Appelbaum Gestalt therapy, ‘est’, bioenergetics, transcendental meditation, primal screaming, and yoga all constitute elements of the ‘human potential’ movement.

1983 Listener 23 June 14/1 More clients are going to naturopaths, chiropractors and faith healers, or are trying fashionable psychological health movements, such as dianetics and est.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

> see also

> as lemmas

EST n. = Eastern Standard Time n. at eastern adj. and n. Compounds 1 (in both senses).

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the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day

time1646

apparent time1694

local timea1703

Greenwich Mean Time1782

sun time1837

GMT1840

railway time1847

railroad time1849

Greenwich time1861

Eastern time1878

Pacific time1880

Universal Time1882

Eastern Standard Time1883

Mountain time1883

British Standard Time1908

daylight saving1908

zone time1908

LMT1909

British Summer Time1916

summertime1916

U.T.1929

B.S.T.1930

EST1935

British Double Summer Time1941

war time1942

B.D.S.T.1943

ephemeris time1950

1935 N.Y. Times 15 Sept. ix. 11/3 The sign-on time is at 1:30 A. M., E. S. T.

1952 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 1 (headline) Exploded at 10.3 a.m. E.S.T.

1994 Canberra Times 26 Feb. d15/6 Responses are required by 2.00 pm EST on Thursday 24 March 1994.

2001 Pop. Sci. Mar. 62/3 There's no typical schedule, beyond waking up at 0600 Greenwich Mean Time (1 a.m. EST) and taking the next 40 minutes for what NASA calls ‘post sleep’.

EST n. now rare and chiefly historical electroshock therapy, electric shock therapy; (also) electric shock treatment; cf. ECT n.

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1945 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 102 185 Under experimental conditions which can be varied to a certain extent, electroshock therapy (E.S.T.) provides the opportunity to study the physical phenomena occurring during and after epileptic fits.

1957 S. H. Kraines Mental Depressions xvi. 456 Many names are given to this technique and its modifications: electric shock therapy (E.S.T.), shock therapy (S.T.), electrocoma (E.C.), electric treatments (E.T.), electroconvulsive therapy (E.C.T.), [etc.].

2009 Jrnl. Mod. Lit. 32 iii. 85 A precursor to Electric Shock Treatment (EST), Cardiazol or Metrazol therapy..was both brutal and ineffective.

单词	est
释义	estn. /ɛst/ Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of Erhard Seminars Training. An alternative philosophy and technique intended to raise self-awareness and ‘human potential’, involving philosophical and psychological means, including motivational theories from the business world, devised in California by Werner Hans Erhard (b. John Paul Rosenberg, 1935). Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [noun] > for developing potential Esalen1966 est1973 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [adjective] > Esalen Esalen1966 est1973 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [adjective] > for developing potential Esalen1966 est1973 1970 L. C. Stevens Est 34 Complete representatives of the Electronic Social Transformation, they are the people of the EST.] 1973 Bull. San Francisco Med. Soc. Sept.–Oct. 40/2 The male graduate of the est training is more willing to assume responsibility for himself. 1976 L. Rhinehart Book of Est p. xii Est is not a religion, not a therapy, not an academic course, not a belief system. It might best be described.. as theater—..as encounter theater. 1979 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Dec. 1558/1 For Appelbaum Gestalt therapy, ‘est’, bioenergetics, transcendental meditation, primal screaming, and yoga all constitute elements of the ‘human potential’ movement. 1983 Listener 23 June 14/1 More clients are going to naturopaths, chiropractors and faith healers, or are trying fashionable psychological health movements, such as dianetics and est. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018). > see also also refers to : -estsuffix > as lemmas EST EST n. = Eastern Standard Time n. at eastern adj. and n. Compounds 1 (in both senses). ΘΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > [noun] > systems of reckoning time of day time1646 apparent time1694 local timea1703 Greenwich Mean Time1782 sun time1837 GMT1840 railway time1847 railroad time1849 Greenwich time1861 Eastern time1878 Pacific time1880 Universal Time1882 Eastern Standard Time1883 Mountain time1883 British Standard Time1908 daylight saving1908 zone time1908 LMT1909 British Summer Time1916 summertime1916 U.T.1929 B.S.T.1930 EST1935 British Double Summer Time1941 war time1942 B.D.S.T.1943 ephemeris time1950 1935 N.Y. Times 15 Sept. ix. 11/3 The sign-on time is at 1:30 A. M., E. S. T. 1952 Daily Examiner (Grafton, New S. Wales) 4 Oct. 1 (headline) Exploded at 10.3 a.m. E.S.T. 1994 Canberra Times 26 Feb. d15/6 Responses are required by 2.00 pm EST on Thursday 24 March 1994. 2001 Pop. Sci. Mar. 62/3 There's no typical schedule, beyond waking up at 0600 Greenwich Mean Time (1 a.m. EST) and taking the next 40 minutes for what NASA calls ‘post sleep’. extracted from En.¹ EST EST n. now rare and chiefly historical electroshock therapy, electric shock therapy; (also) electric shock treatment; cf. ECT n. ΚΠ 1945 Jrnl. Nerv. & Mental Dis. 102 185 Under experimental conditions which can be varied to a certain extent, electroshock therapy (E.S.T.) provides the opportunity to study the physical phenomena occurring during and after epileptic fits. 1957 S. H. Kraines Mental Depressions xvi. 456 Many names are given to this technique and its modifications: electric shock therapy (E.S.T.), shock therapy (S.T.), electrocoma (E.C.), electric treatments (E.T.), electroconvulsive therapy (E.C.T.), [etc.]. 2009 Jrnl. Mod. Lit. 32 iii. 85 A precursor to Electric Shock Treatment (EST), Cardiazol or Metrazol therapy..was both brutal and ineffective. extracted from En.¹ < n.1973 see also as lemmas
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