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- pronunciation:
- traens
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a semiconscious or sleeplike condition during which one's ability to exercise one's own will or control one's movements may be reduced, as in hypnosis or catalepsy.
- similar words:
- catalepsy, daze, hypnosis, mesmerization, sopor, stupefaction, stupor, torpor
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| definition 2: |
a state of absorption, detachment, or concentration that causes lack of awareness of or reaction to one's surroundings.
- synonyms:
- absorption
- similar words:
- abstraction, detachment, insensibility, oblivion, possession
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| definition 3: |
a dazed or bewildered state; stupor.
- synonyms:
- bewilderment, daze, fog, haze, stupefaction, stupor
- similar words:
- bafflement, confusion, muddle, torpor
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| definition 4: |
in spiritualism or some religions, a condition in which a medium or other person is considered to be controlled by, and to speak for, others, esp. the dead or a divinity.
- synonyms:
- possession
- similar words:
- enchantment, spell, spiritualism
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| related words: |
daze |
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