释义 |
transˈpersonal, a. [f. trans- 4 + personal a.] That transcends the personal, transindividual; spec. designating a form of psychology or psychotherapy which seeks to combine elements from many esoteric and religious traditions with modern ideas and techniques.
1905–6W. James in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 445 That an idea represents an ‘object’ may mean that it represents something either:—1. Trans-personal—as when my object is also your object; [etc.]. 1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Apr. 109/1 Science provides the model of a free society of reasonable men co-ordinating themselves voluntarily in the light of a transpersonal standard. 1968Jrnl. Humanistic Psychol. VIII. 77 Transpersonal (or Fourth Force) Psychology is the title given to an emerging force in the psychology field by a group of psychologists and professional men and women..who are interested in those ultimate human capacities and potentialities [etc.]. 1972Science 16 June 1203/2 Experiences of ecstasy, mystical union,..and transpersonal knowledge..are simply not treated adequately in conventional scientific approaches. 1980R. Herink Psychotherapy Handbk. 684 Transpersonal Psychotherapy can be said to have evolved..as the inner or esoteric teachings of all the great spiritual traditions. |