trance
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French transe (“‘fear of coming evil", "passage from life to death’”), from transir (“‘to be numb with fear", "die", "pass on’”), from Latin transire (“‘to cross over’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑːns
[edit] Noun
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trance (plural trances)
- daze, unconscious condition
- (consciousness) a state of concentration, awareness and/or focus that filters information and experience; e.g. meditation, possession, etc.
- (psychology) state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
- (psychology) such a state induced by hypnosis
- (uncountable) trance music, a genre of electronic dance music
[edit] Descendants
- French: trance
[edit] Translations
daze, unconscious condition
state of low response to stimulus and diminished, narrow attention
such a state induced by hypnosis
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
trance f. inv.
