: relating to or involving a feeling of separation from one's body and of being able to view oneself and others from an external perspective
an out-of-body experience

Examples of out-of-body in a Sentence

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Forcier says using whippets with other substances like cannabis, ketamine, and other dissociative drugs may create a more intense out-of-body experience. Katixa Espinoza, Them, 10 Oct. 2024 Yet Jardin had his own out-of-body experience the day the movie started an intense bidding war at Sundance in January. William Earl, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024 Grande used vegan wings for her sauce, and noted that the spiciest sauce triggered an out-of-body experience. Bruce Haring, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024 Touching her was, unfortunately, an out-of-body experience. Akhil Sharma, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024 Listening to an audience of 150 or so fans react to what was happening was another almost out-of-body experience. EW.com, 13 June 2024 Depersonalization impacts one’s ability to recognize their thoughts, feelings and body as their own, triggering an out-of-body sort of experience. Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024 The University of Liège team is also trying to more thoroughly evaluate claims about out-of-body experiences. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024 There were moments that were almost like an out-of-body experience or a psychedelic trip. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of out-of-body was in 1968

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“Out-of-body.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out-of-body. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Medical Definition

out-of-body

adjective
: relating to or involving a feeling of separation from one's body and of being able to view oneself and others from an external perspective
an out-of-body experience
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