| 单词 | exorcism |
| 释义 | exorcism (once / 2408 pages) n A kid who's having an hour-long screaming temper tantrum probably needs either an exorcism or a nap. You can use the noun exorcism to describe getting rid of evil spirits. Exorcism, when it's used literally to mean evicting bad spirits, is a religious term. Plenty of horror movies feature a priest performing the ritual of exorcism on a demonically possessed person, and some version of exorcism really does exist in Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, and Jewish traditions. The word can also be used as a metaphor for getting rid of something negative: "Finally telling you the truth felt like an exorcism." WORD FAMILYexorcism: exorcise, exorcisms, exorcist, exorcize+/exorcise: exorcised, exorciser, exorcises, exorcising/exorciser: exorcisers/exorcist: exorcists/exorcize: exorcized, exorcizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe curator Walter Hopps described it as “an exorcism of racism”. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) From the start Trump’s rallies had the air of the tent revival, that same hot thrum of militant exorcism and ecstasy. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) The villagers believed that he had become possessed by demons and needed an exorcism. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) n freeing from evil spirits Syn|Hyper dispossession supernaturalism a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding |
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