変へん性せい意い識しき状じょう態たい

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Meanings

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.

瞑めい想そうによって変へん性せい意い識しき状じょう態たいに入はいることができる。
One can enter an altered state of consciousness through meditation.
変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
性sex, gender, nature
意idea, mind, heart
識discriminating, know, write
状status quo, conditions, circumstances
態attitude, condition, figure

Related 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.

Built from

変へん性せい+意い識しき+状じょう態たい

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.