单词 | rebirth |
释义 | rebirthn. 1. A second or further birth, in a spiritual or religious context; a reincarnation. Also in extended use and as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of > afresh reinvention1719 rebirth1790 reincarnation1897 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [noun] > instance of rebirth1790 reincarnation1884 1790 W. Huntington Hist. Little Faith iv. 117 All come into..the spiritual world by a birth that is purely spiritual; but, is there such a thing as re-labour, or a re-birth, in the latter? 1863 E. Schlagintweit Buddhism in Tíbet x. 109 The middle state between the death and the new re-birth, which does not follow immediately, but there exists an interval, which is shorter for the good than for the bad. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xlv The request to a living Buddha to reward an offering by some particular rebirth. 1927 A. C. Parker Indian How Bk. vii. lxix. 307 By his very act of surrender he died unto his own tribe, and adoption was a ceremonial rebirth. 1968 W. T. Harris & H. Sawyer Springs of Mende Belief i. 1 A series of rites and ceremonies depicting death to the early stages of life, and a re-birth through resurrection to adulthood. 1983 M. Carrithers Buddha iv. 66 While craving might be the chief motive cause in the painful process of rebirth, there was room for subsidiary, enabling causes. 2007 Uncut Feb. 72/3 If you dismissed Belinda Carlisle as an '80s burn-out, prepare to be spun on your axis by her wildly successful rebirth as a husky chanteuse. 2. A revival or renewal of a thing; a new beginning. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [noun] palingenesia1587 renascency1648 palingenesy1651 palingenesis1661 renascence1674 rebirth1837 neomorphosis1901 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [noun] again-begettingc1384 regenerationa1425 renovationa1425 reparation1447 second birtha1513 new birth1529 gain-birtha1557 regeneracy1620 reawakening1662 renewal1737 rebirth1837 reawakenment1886 rebirthing1969 1837 P. M. Beckwith tr. F. P. G. Guizot Gen. Hist. Europe vi. 196 This re-birth [Fr. renaissance] of the spirit of free inquiry. 1866 J. Martineau Ess. Philos. & Theol. 1st Ser. 14 The rebirth of his heart was indispensable. 1915 A. M. Stevenson Heart of Jainism 176 As long as the jīva or ātmā is fettered by karma, so long must it undergo rebirth. 1933 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 38 863 The election of Roosevelt means not a rebirth of the Democratic party, but a desperate attempt to secure an immediate new deal by any means. 1957 A. E. Stevenson New Amer. II. i. 20 We desperately need today a rebirth of ideas in the conduct of our foreign affairs. 2005 Geographical Sept. 80/1 The grim heroism in defiance of Nazi and Soviet horrors and the miraculous rebirth of the modern state. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rebirthv. transitive. To treat (a person) by the process of rebirthing. Cf. rebirthing n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > treat psychiatrically [verb (transitive)] > treat by specific process Coué1924 regress1949 primal1971 rebirth1976 1976 N.Y. Times 29 Nov. 36/2 Since April 1974 more than 10,000 people have been rebirthed through a national organization called Theta. 1977 L. Orr & S. Ray Rebirthing in New Age iv. 77 People who are destructive usually don't get rebirthed. 1985 Observer 21 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 7/1 I had tried to explain to her over breakfast that Ms Artemis was coming to rebirth me. 2001 Daily Tel. 21 Mar. 19/1 She has been irrigated colonically, massaged with stones, and rebirthed. Derivatives reˈbirther n. a practitioner of rebirthing. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > psychiatry > [noun] > one who practises other forms of therapy play therapist1942 art therapist1947 rebirther1976 1976 San Francisco Chron. 20 Dec. 4/1 The loving feeling that comes from a rebirther's coaching and his touch. 2003 K. Daswani For Matrimonial Purposes (U.K. ed.) 62 She was a former rebirther turned PR guru. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1790v.1976 |
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