| bummer |
(slang) any unpleasant or unsatisfactory experience or thing. |
| burn |
to experience strong emotion, such as anger or desire. [1/14 definitions] |
| by the seat of one's pants |
by experience and intuition, not by plans or instruments. |
| calculation |
an estimation based on prior experience and information. [1/4 definitions] |
| Calvary |
(sometimes l.c.) a place or occasion of severe trial, or an intensely painful, anguishing experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| caseharden |
to make hard or indifferent, as through experience; inure. [1/2 definitions] |
| cloy |
to oversupply with something sweet or pleasant so that the experience of these things becomes sickening or wearisome. [1/2 definitions] |
| collective unconscious |
in Jungian psychology, the memories and other psychic contents that are accumulated by the experience of all preceding generations and that dwell within the unconscious mind of each individual. |
| common sense |
practical judgment based on experience or native intelligence, and not on education or training. |
| concrete |
of or relating to a specific factual thing or experience; not imagined or hypothetical. [1/10 definitions] |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| connoisseurship |
experience and expertise in judging fine art and other matters of taste. |
| crucible |
any extremely trying experience or test. [1/2 definitions] |
| culture |
a developed state of refinement through experience or training in the arts and worldly affairs. [1/8 definitions] |
| déjà vu |
the almost physical sensation, when one is in a place or having an experience, that one has been in that place or had that experience before. |
| downer |
a depressing experience, situation, person, or thing. [1/2 definitions] |
| dream |
to see or experience during sleep or reverie. [1/13 definitions] |
| ecstasy |
a powerful experience of spiritual uplifting or revelation; exaltation. [1/2 definitions] |
| educated |
founded on experience and incomplete information. [1/3 definitions] |
| effect |
(pl.) sounds or visual images that are used to produce an effect on a listener or spectator, especially those used in film, television, sound recording, and the like to create visual or auditory illusions or elicit a heightened experience. [1/8 definitions] |
| Ellis Island |
an island in Upper New York Bay where, from 1892 to 1943, millions of incoming immigrants to the U.S. were processed. The facility on the island is now a museum that illuminates the immigration experience. |