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変性意識状態 (へんせいいしきじょうたい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
altered state of consciousness ; trance
A technical term in psychology and neuroscience for any state of consciousness that differs from normal waking awareness, including trance, hypnosis, and meditative states.
へん
性せい
意い
識しき
状じょう
態たい
の
研けん
究きゅう
は
心しん
理り
学がく
の
重じゅう
要よう
な
分ぶん
野や
だ
。
The study of altered states of consciousness is an important field in psychology.
Kanji 変 unusual, change, strange 識 discriminating, know, write 状 status quo, conditions, circumstances 態 attitude, condition, figure Similar words トランス トランス is a more specific term for a trance state, often used in spiritual or hypnotic contexts, while 変性意識状態 is a broader clinical term.
意い 識しき 意識 means 'consciousness' in general; 変性意識状態 specifies an altered or modified form of consciousness.
Etymology Compound of 変性 (hensei, 'degeneration' or 'alteration') + 意識 (ishiki, 'consciousness') + 状態 (jōtai, 'state'). The term is a direct translation of the English 'altered state of consciousness' and is used primarily in academic and clinical contexts.
