OUT-OF-BODY Definition & Meaning

out-of-body

[ out-uhv-bod-ee ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by the dissociative sensation of perceiving oneself from an external vantage point, as though the mind or soul has left the body and is acting on its own:
an alleged out-of-body experience.

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Origin of out-of-body¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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Dowden, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, described being presented with the honour by the King as being like an "out-of-body experience".

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Listening to all of this feels like an out-of-body experience.

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The whole date was an out-of-body experience, like I was watching us chat from above.

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And the first time you do it, it’s a completely out-of-body experience because you have to marry both things up at the same time.

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It was like I had an out-of-body experience with Jamie.

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