单词 | rebirthing |
释义 | rebirthingn. 1. A second or further birth, in a spiritual or religious context; (also) a revival, a renewal. Also as a mass noun. Cf. rebirth n. 1, 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [noun] again-begettingc1384 regenerationa1425 renovationa1425 reparation1447 second birtha1513 new birth1529 gain-birtha1557 regeneracy1620 reawakening1662 renewal1737 rebirth1837 reawakenment1886 rebirthing1969 1969 Drama Rev. 13 51 A rebirthing operated by energetic transmission of spirituality in personal contacts, bypassing censorious, calculatingly Ego-bound reason. 1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Nov. b1 The rebirthing of Hustler will take until March, as I understand it, and probably will be uncomfortable. 1995 Guardian 23 Dec. (Outlook section) 21/5 For the three days after the solstice, the sun stands still; it is between dying and rebirthing. 2004 Vogue Living (Austral.) May–June 84/1 Indeed the recycling of nature's cast-offs and the rebirthing of it as art is at the heart of her sculptural assemblages. 2. Any of various forms of therapy intended to simulate the trauma of being born, in order to control or overcome the emotional and psychological effects that such trauma is believed to have on a person's disposition; spec. such a therapy based on controlled breathing techniques. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > other forms of therapy bibliotherapy1920 play therapy1936 art therapy1940 music therapy1944 aversion treatment1950 aversion therapy1956 behaviour therapy1959 marital therapy1961 guided imagery1973 rebirthing1976 imagery work1981 1976 Los Angeles Times 20 June 3/1 It has spawned a host of imitators and innovators who offer ‘birthing’ or ‘rebirthing’ primal sessions. 1977 L. Orr & S. Ray Rebirthing in New Age ii. 41 What we were then [sc. August 1974] naming a ‘baptism’ and later changed to ‘rebirthing’. It was timely that Frederick Le Boyer's first article in this country on ‘Birth Without Violence’ had come out. 1988 Fitness May 19/1 As well as many written and verbal processes the conscious breathing technique commonly referred to as Rebirthing is used to help get beyond the complex, and often restrictive, mind games we play with ourselves. 2001 P. Burston Shameless xvi. 221 He..actively promoted rebirthing as a means of cleansing body and spirit of negative energies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1969 |
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