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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Flores makes this explicit from the first scene, in which Neftalí puts on a piece of music that provokes an out-of-body reverie.
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David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
The film’s ghostly images are at once flattened and alive, hovering in visual purgatory as scenes begin to feel not only like fever dreams, but out-of-body observations of the dreamers themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Music-induced, out-of-body rapture has been the foundation for movements across electronica.
—Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
Kendrick has a similar out-of-body experience on this spacey cut, but a very fine woman drives his spirit quest rather than a substance.
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—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Elland Road regulars have to agree the stadium has rarely reached that feral, out-of-body, launch-yourself-four-rows state since relegation.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Past research has also associated the region with out-of-body sensations, as well as with altruism and empathy.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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
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David L. Ulin, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2025
The film’s ghostly images are at once flattened and alive, hovering in visual purgatory as scenes begin to feel not only like fever dreams, but out-of-body observations of the dreamers themselves.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025
Music-induced, out-of-body rapture has been the foundation for movements across electronica.
—Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
Kendrick has a similar out-of-body experience on this spacey cut, but a very fine woman drives his spirit quest rather than a substance.
95.
—Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
Elland Road regulars have to agree the stadium has rarely reached that feral, out-of-body, launch-yourself-four-rows state since relegation.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Past research has also associated the region with out-of-body sensations, as well as with altruism and empathy.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 May 2024
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
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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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