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noun ɛstest mass nounA system for self-improvement aimed at developing a person's potential through intensive group awareness and training sessions. Example sentencesExamples - The new objects of mass consciousness are not marches and peace signs, but things like est, gestalt, smorgasbord, hypnotism, tai chi, health food etc, etc.
- Many people apparently find that their lives are better after they get involved in est, NLP, Landmark Forum, or Scientology.
- Through est they would be set free and born again!
- NLP and est also have in common the fact that they are built up from a hodgepodge of sources in psychology, philosophy, and other disciplines.
- I have never attended a session of either est or Landmark but from what I can gather from those who have, the experience is not likely to be dull.
Origin 1970s (originally US): acronym from Erhard Seminars Training, from the name of Werner Erhard (born 1935), the American businessman who devised the technique. abbreviationˌiːɛsˈtiːˌiˌɛsˈti Eastern Standard Time. See Eastern time nounest A system for self-improvement aimed at developing a person's potential through intensive group awareness and training sessions. Example sentencesExamples - Through est they would be set free and born again!
- Many people apparently find that their lives are better after they get involved in est, NLP, Landmark Forum, or Scientology.
- I have never attended a session of either est or Landmark but from what I can gather from those who have, the experience is not likely to be dull.
- NLP and est also have in common the fact that they are built up from a hodgepodge of sources in psychology, philosophy, and other disciplines.
- The new objects of mass consciousness are not marches and peace signs, but things like est, gestalt, smorgasbord, hypnotism, tai chi, health food etc, etc.
Origin 1970s (originally US): acronym from Erhard Seminars Training, from the name of Werner Erhard (born 1935), the American businessman who devised the technique. abbreviationˌēˌesˈtēˌiˌɛsˈti Eastern Standard Time. See Eastern time |