Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function.

    Nahtod-Erfahrung, Nahtoderfahrung, Nahtodeserfahrung

    околосме́ртные пережива́нияokolosmértnyje pereživánija, околосме́ртный о́пытokolosmértnyj ópyt

More definitions
  • the experience of being close to death but surviving

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
experience by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function:

Origin

Coined by John C. Lilly in 1972, and popularized by Raymond Moody from 1975.

Coined by John C. Lilly in 1972, and popularized by Raymond Moody from 1975.

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Forms

plural: near-death experiences

Synonyms

1 synonyms
NDE

See also

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