| 单词 | altered state |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaltered state altered state n. [after German verändertes Bewusstsein, literally ‘altered consciousness’ (J. Breuer & S. Freud 1893, in Neurol. Centralbl. 12 10, the source translated in quot. 1924)] a state of mind that differs from a person's normal state of consciousness or awareness, esp. one induced by drugs, hypnosis, or mental disorder; more fully altered state of consciousness. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > confused or altered mental state vertigo1635 addling1798 mixed-upness1927 altered state1938 tiswas1960 1924 J. Rickman tr. J. Breuer & S. Freud in Freud's Coll. Papers I. ii. 33 When a trauma effective enough in itself occurs during a state of seriously disabling affect or of altered consciousness. 1927 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 39 107 Other agencies cause physiological effects which are accompanied by altered states of feeling.] 1938 Lancet 19 Feb. 461/2 We would cite the removal of septic foci;..hormonal therapy; altered states of consciousness with narcotics such as somnifaine, [etc.]. 1989 D. Koontz Midnight i. lvi. 230 They seek an altered state in which complex emotions and pleasure aren't linked—the life of an unthinking beast. 2005 New Yorker 28 Nov. 43/1 Bacchus Mainomenos, the deity governing altered states, insanity, and fury. < as lemmas |
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