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灵感 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • afflatus noun A sudden burst of creative inspiration, sometimes thought to come from a divine source.
  • inspiration noun A person, idea, or experience that stimulates creativity or motivation.

Senses

灵感 is used for these senses in English:

  • afflatus A sudden rush of creative impulse or inspiration, often attributed to divine influence.
  • inspiration A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.

inspiration — full definition

  1. noun A person, idea, or experience that stimulates creativity or motivation.
  2. noun A sudden creative or clever idea.
  3. noun (physiology) The act of drawing air into the lungs.
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