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satori

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English meaning

  • satori noun A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.

Senses

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  • satori (Japanese mythology) A yokai having the form of a mind-reading monkey-like creature said to dwell in the mountains of the historical Japanese provinces of Hida and Mino (present-day Gifu Prefecture).

satori — full definition

  1. noun A sudden inexpressible feeling of spiritual awakening or enlightenment, the result of meditation and study.
  2. noun Enlightenment, epiphany.
  3. noun A mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males).

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