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out-of-body experience

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience

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noun

Meaning 2

the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: experience

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 靈魂出竅 /灵魂出窍 (línghúnchūqiào) — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出體經驗 /出体经验 (chūtǐ jīngyàn) — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Chinese Mandarin: 離體體驗 /离体体验 (lítǐ tǐyàn) — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Finnish: ruumiista irtautumisen kokemus — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Finnish: kehostapoistumiskokemus — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • German: außerkörperliche Erfahrung — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • German: außerkörperliches Erlebnis — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Hungarian: testen kívüli élmény — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Japanese: 幽体離脱 (yūtairidatsu) — experience in which one feels outside one's body
  • Japanese: 体外離脱 (taigairidatsu) — experience in which one feels outside one's body