soul

soul  (sl)

n.

1. The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity.

2. The spiritual nature of humans, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state.

3. The disembodied spirit of a dead human.

4. A human: "the homes of some nine hundred souls" Garrison Keillor.

5. The central or integral part; the vital core: "It saddens me that this network ... may lose its soul, which is after all the quest for news" Marvin Kalb.

6. A person considered as the perfect embodiment of an intangible quality; a personification: I am the very soul of discretion.

7. A person's emotional or moral nature: "An actor is ... often a soul which wishes to reveal itself to the world but dare not" Alec Guinness.

8. A sense of ethnic pride among Black people and especially African Americans, expressed in areas such as language, social customs, religion, and music.

9. A strong, deeply felt emotion conveyed by a speaker, a performer, or an artist.

10. Soul music.

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[Middle English, from Old English swol.]

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soul

Noun

1. the spiritual part of a person, regarded as the centre of personality, intellect, will, and emotions: believed by many to survive the body after death

2. the essential part or fundamental nature of anything: the soul of contemporary America

3. deep and sincere feelings: you've got no soul

4. Also called: (soul music) a type of Black music using blues and elements of jazz, gospel, and pop

5. a person regarded as a good example of some quality: the soul of prudence

6. a person: there was hardly a soul there

7. the life and soul Informal a person who is lively, entertaining, and fun to be with: the life and soul of the campus [Old English sāwol]

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Soul

See also ghosts; religion;spirits and spiritualism; theology.

creationism Theology.

a doctrine that God creates a new soul for every human being bon. Cf. metempsychosis. — creationist, n. — creationistic, adj.

infusionism

the doctrine or belief that the soul enters the body by divine infu-sion at conception or birth.

metempsychosis

1. the passage of a soul from one body to another.
2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body, either human or animal. Cf. creationism. — metempsychic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, adj.

monopsychism

the theory that all souls are actually a single unity. — mono-psychic, monopsychical, adj.

nullibism

the denial that the soul exists. — nullibist, n.

panpsychism

Philosophy. the doctrine that each object in the universe has either a mind or an unconscious soul. — panpsychist, n. — panpsychistic, adj.

polypsychism

the belief that one person may have many souls or modes of intelligence. — polypsychic, polypsychical, adj.

psychagogy

the guiding of a soul, especially that of a person recently dead into the lower world. — psychagogue, n. — psychagogic, adj.

psychomachy

Obsolete, a conflict or battle between the soul and the body.

psychorrhagy

the manifestation of a person’s soul to another, usually at some distance from the body. — psychorrhagic, adj.

theopsychism

the belief that the soul has a divine nature.

traducianism

Theology. the doctrine that a new human soul is generated from the souls of the parents at the moment of conception. — traducianist, n. — traducianistic, adj.

transmigrationism

any of various theories of metempsychosis or reincarna-tion, as the Hindu doctrines of Karma.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	soul - the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life psyche ghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person spirit - the vital principle or animating force within living things
	2.	soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone organism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others" chassis, bod, human body, material body, physical body, physique, build, anatomy, figure, flesh, frame, shape, soma, form - alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" self - a person considered as a unique individual; "one's own self" adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animals changer, modifier - a person who changes something; "an inveterate changer of the menu" color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title communicator - a person who communicates with others contestant - a person who participates in competitions coward - a person who shows fear or timidity creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things controversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas; "she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry" expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces" female person, female - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller - a person who inhabits a particular place aborigine, indigen, indigene, native, aboriginal - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students" native - a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil" inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone loved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your family leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others male person, male - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money
	3.	soul - deep feeling or emotion soulfulness feeling - the experiencing of affective and emotional states; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual"
	4.	soul - the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor" embodiment - giving concrete form to an abstract concept
	5.	soul - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement" African-American music, black music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses gospel singing, gospel - folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

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soul

noun 1. spirit, essence, psyche, life, mind, reason, intellect, vital force, animating principle, wairua N.Z.

noun 2. embodiment, essence, incarnation, epitome, personification, quintessence, type

noun 3. person, being, human, individual, body, creature, mortal, man or woman

noun 4. feeling, force, energy, vitality, animation, fervour, ardour, vivacity

Translations

soul [səul] n → alma f;

God rest his soul → Dios le reciba en su seno or en su gloria;

I didn't see a soul → no vi a nadie;

the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → el pobre no tenía dónde dormir

soul [səul] n → âme f;

the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → le pauvre n'avait nulle part où dormir;

I didn't see a soul → je n'ai vu (absolument) personne

soul [səul] n → Seele f;

(Mus) → Soul m;

the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → der Ärmste hatte keine Unterkunft;

I didn't see a soul → ich habe keine Menschenseele gesehen

soul [səul] n → anima;

the poor soul had nowhere to sleep → il poveraccio non aveva dove dormire;

I didn't see a soul → non ho visto anima viva

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soul

n soul [səul]

1 the spirit; the non-physical part of a person, which is often thought to continue in existence after he or she dies People often discuss whether animals and plants have souls. siel روح дух duše sjæl die Seele ψυχή alma, espíritu hing روح sielu âme נְשָׁמָה आत्मा, जीवात्मा duh, duša lélek jiwa sál anima, spirito 魂 넋, 영혼 siela dvēsele; gars roh ziel sjel, ånd dusza alma suflet душа duša duša duša själ วิญญาณ ruh 靈魂 душа, дух روح linh hồn 灵魂

2 a person She's a wonderful old soul. persoon شَخْص човек člověk menneske die Seele άνθρωπος, τύπος alma, persona olend, hingeline شخص ihminen personne נְשָמָה व्यक्ति čovjek, stanovnik ember orang sála, mannvera anima, persona 人 사람, 인간 būtybė būtne; persona; cilvēks orang ziel menneske; en vennlig sjel osoba alma per­soană человек človek duša osoba själ ความคิด kişi 人 людина فرد người 人

3 (of an enterprise etc) the organizer or leader He is the soul of the whole movement. siel, leier مُنَظِّم، قائِد душа duše sjæl die Seele η ψυχή (μτφ.), ο αρχηγός alma hing مظهر sielu âme הַרוּחַ הָחָיָה जान pokretač, vođa lelke vminek jiwa driffjöður anima 中心人物 창설자, 지도자 siela (pasākuma u.tml.) dvēsele pemimpin ziel primus motor dusza alma suflet вдохновитель duša duša srž själ ผู้นำ lider (企業等)領導人 душа (товариства, компанії) قاید، منتظم linh hồn , trụ cột （企业等）领导人

4 soul music. sielmusiek موسيقى روحانِيَّه соул музика soul soulmusik der Soul μουσική σόουλ soul, música soul soul(muusika) موسيقي حزن انگيز soul soul music מוִּזיקָת נְשָמָה भावपूर्ण संगीत crnačka soul glazba spirituálé musik soul sól-tónlist soul ソウルミュージック 소울 음악 dvasingoji (negrų) muzika soula mūzika soul soul soulmusikk, svart musikk muzyka soulowa música soul muzică soul соул soul soul soul soul ดนตรีแนวป๊อบ zenci müziği 靈樂 соул امریکی سیاہ فام لوگوں کا رائج کردہ طرز موسیقی nhạc soul 灵乐

adj ˈsoulful

full of (usually sad, wistful etc) feeling a soulful expression. sielig عاطِفي، مليء بالعاطِفَه емоционален cituplný følelsesfuld seelenvoll εκφραστικός, γεμάτος συναίσθημα conmovedor hingeline sielukas sentimental מָלא רֶגֶש भावपूर्ण izražajan, duševan mélyen érző penuh perasaan tilfinningaríkur sentimentale 魂のこもった 영혼이 담긴, 감동적인 liūdnas, ilgesingas dvēselisks; izjusts penuh perasaan gevoelvol sjelfull pełen uczucia saudoso senti­men­tal томный citový, oduševnený čustven izražajan själfull เต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึก duygulu 深情的 емоційний; сентиментальний دل گداز، چذباتی có hồn, làm xúc động sâu sắc 深情的

adv ˈsoulfully

sielig بِعاطِفَةٍ مليئَه с чуство cituplně følelsesfuldt seelenvoll εκφραστικά conmovedoramente hingeliselt sielukkaasti de manière sentimentale בִּמלוֹא הָרֶגֶש भावपूर्णता से duševno lelkesen, érzelmesen; meghatóan dengan penuh perasaan á tilfinningaríkan hátt sentimentalmente 魂をこめて 감동적으로, 감상적으로 liūdnai, ilgesingai dvēseliski; izjusti dengan penuh perasaan gevoelvol sjelfullt, med ånd z uczuciem saudosamente (într-un mod) sentimental томно citovo čustveno izražajno själfullt อย่างเต็มไปด้วยความรู้สึก duygulu bir şekilde 深情地 емоційно; сентиментально اثر انگیزی سے có hồn, làm xúc động sâu sắc 深情地

adj ˈsoulless

1 (of a person) without fine feeling or nobleness. sielloos بدون حَيَوِيَّه бездушен bezduchý følelseskold seelenlos άκαρδος desalmado tuim, hingetu sieluton sans âme חֲסַר לֵב भावशून्य, निर्भावता bezdušan, bezosjećajan érzéketlen tanpa perasaan tilfinninga-/huglaus senz'anima 魂のこもっていない 혼이 없는, 정성이 담기지 않은 bejausmis, nejautrus bezdvēselisks; (par cilvēku) auksts tidak berperasaan zielloos uten følelse, uhederlig bezduszny desalmado fără suflet бездушный bezduchý brez duše bezdušan andefattig, själlös ไร้วิญญาณ duygusuz, ruhsuz 無情的，卑鄙的 бездушний بے دلانہ، بے حسی پر مبنی không có tâm hồn 无情的，卑鄙的

2 (of life, a task etc) dull or very unimportant. sielloos فاقِد النَّشاط والحَيَوِيَّه безинтересен přízemní tomt seelenlos βαρετός, άχαρος aburrido tähtsusetu merkityksetön terre à terre אַפרוּרִי निष्प्राणता bez duše lélektelen membosankan andlaus, litlaus noioso, monotono つまらない 비천한; 활기가 없는 bodus, nykus garlaicīgs; neinteresants; (par darbu) sauss membosankan geesteloos åndeløs, sjelløs bezsensowny desinteressante plictisitor скучный; незначительный prízemný prazen dosadan andefattig, själlös ที่ไม่มีความรู้สึกลึกซึ้ง sıkıcı, ruhsuz 無精打採的，無足輕重的 мілкий, дрібний عامیانہ، بے لطف không có tâm hồn, tầm thường 无精打采的，无足轻重的

adj ˈsoul-destroying

(of a task etc) very dull, boring, repetitive etc. vervelend مُمِل، مُتَكَرِّر، قاتِل للنَّفْس прен. убийствен duchamorný dræbende die Soulmusik ψυχοφθόρος aburrido, pesado, repetitivo, monótono tüütav, üksluine piinallisen yksitoikkoinen abrutissant שוֹחֵק आत्मा-मारक, जड़ बनाने वाला koji ubija dušu lélekölő membosankan andlaus, niðurdrepandi alienante, (che abbruttisce) 単調な 따분한, 반복적인 atgrasus, nykus apnicīgs; nomācošs membunuh semangat geestdodend nedbrytende, dødskjedelig ogłupiający maçador abrutizant иссушающий душу únavný, nudný duhamoren dosadan själsdödande ที่น่าเบื่อหน่ายอย่างที่สุด çok sıkıcı 令人厭煩的 набридливий, нудний بے کیف، سپاٹ chán ngắt, nhàm 令人厌烦的

soul music

a type of music, descended from American Negro gospel songs, which has great emotion. soulmusiek موسيقى روحانِيَّه соул музика soul soulmusik; soul der Soul μουσική σόουλ música soul soul(muusika) موسيقي حزن انگيز soul musique soul מוִּזיקָת נְשָמָה भावावेशपूर्ण संगीत crnačka soul glazba spirituálé musik soul sól-tónlist musica soul ソウルミュージック 소울 음악(리듬 앤드 블루스의 일종) dvasingoji (negrų) muzika soula mūzika muzik soul soul soulmusikk, svart musikk muzyka soulowa música soul musică soul музыка соул soul soul soul muzika soulmusik ดนตรีแนวป๊อบ zenci müziği 靈魂音樂 музика в стилі “соул” امریکی سیاہ فام لوگوں کا رائج کردہ طرز موسیقی nhạc soul 灵魂音乐