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单词 yogic
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yogicadj.

Brit. /ˈjəʊɡɪk/, U.S. /ˈjoʊɡɪk/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: yoga n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < yoga n.+ -ic suffix. Compare earlier yogist n. and yogism n.
Of or relating to yoga or its practitioners; typical or reminiscent of yoga or of a yogi. Cf. yoga n., yogi n. 1.
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1890 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly May 623/2 All other Yogic and Tantric works regard the three acts of expiration, inspiration and retention performed in specific order to constitute prânâyâma.
1921 B. H. Streeter & A. J. Appasamy Sadhu v. 136 The object of the Yogic trance is not the heart but the head.
1946 A. Huxley Let. 26 Oct. (1969) 551 In yogic practices there is a form of intense concentration which induces ‘false samadhi’, or self-hypnosis.
1977 Monumenta Nipponica 32 434 Technical difficulties requiring very disciplined, almost yogic, concentration and control of breathing.
2015 Times (Nexis) 10 Jan. 46 A series of luxury group retreats featuring deep relaxation, training in mindfulness and yogic exercises in countries including Greece, Italy and Morocco.

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yogic flying n. (in transcendental meditation) a meditation technique which involves the practitioner adopting and holding the lotus position and thrusting himself or herself off the ground.
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1986 Atheist Aug. 84/1 A large sized crowd that turned up to witness this demonstration went home laughing at the pathetic attempts at ‘yogic flying’ by the competitors.
2008 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 23/5 During the 1980s Washington's crime rate was said to have fallen after a concentrated dose of yogic flying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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