out-of-body experience
n (Psychology) a vivid feeling of being detached from one's body, usually involving observing it and its environment from nearby. Abbreviation:
OBE or OOBE Compare
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out-of-body experience
(OBE) An occasion when an individual separates from and views from above his or her physical body. Compare neardeath experience.
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| Noun | 1. | out-of-body experience - the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your bodyexperience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention" |
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