participation mystique
/pɑːˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn mɪˈstiːk/ /ˌpɑːtɪsɪˈpeɪʃn mɪˈstiːk/Cultural Anthropol.
noun
Imaginative identification with other people and objects, regarded as an attribute of preliterate peoples. Also: merging of the individual consciousness with that of a group, or with the external world.
Origin
1920s. From French participation mystique from participation + mystique.
- pro et con
- pro et contra
- pro-ethnic
- proette
- pro-European
- prof
- Prof.
- pro-family
- profanable
- take a dive
- take advantage of
- take advantage of (or take advice etc.)
- take a fancy to
- take a flyer
- take after
- take against
- take a hammering
- take a hand
- take a hike
- take aim
- take a jerry to
- take a leaf out of someone's book
- take-all
- take a load off someone's mind
- take a lot of (or some) ——