out-of-the-body experience

A form of out-of-body experience — An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body.

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Meanings

nounout-of-the-body experience (plural out-of-the-body experiences)

plural out-of-the-body experiences

  1. alternativeAlternative form of out-of-body experience.

    Such events have been termed traveling clairvoyance, astral projection, or, a more scientific term, out-of-the-body experiences (OOBEs).

    1971, Robert Monroe, “Introduction”, in Journeys Out of the Body, 1st US edition, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →OCLC, page 3
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