Ecstasy
41ecstasy — an illegal stimulant Easier to pronounce than méthylène dioxymethamphetamine: He had introduced her to Ecstasy, the tense atmosphere of pubs with the big boys spoiling for fights, the private discos. (Fiennes, 1996) …
42ecstasy — [ ɛkstəsi] noun (plural ecstasies) 1》 an overwhelming feeling of great happiness or joyful excitement. 2》 an emotional or religious frenzy or trance like state. 3》 (Ecstasy) an illegal amphetamine based synthetic drug with euphoric effects.… …
43ecstasy — noun the ecstasy of loving him Syn: rapture, bliss, elation, euphoria, transports, rhapsodies; joy, jubilation, exultation See note at rapture Ant: misery …
44Ecstasy — UK [ˈekstəsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] an illegal drug that young people take, especially in nightclubs. Ecstasy is often called E …
45ecstasy — This word (from the Greek ekstasis, meaning trance or distraction ) refers to an intense emotional state that is beyond rational self control. An ecstasy may be the result of a natural religious experience, or it may be a divinely given… …
46ecstasy — ecs|ta|sy sb., en, i sms. ecstasy , fx ecstasypille …
47ecstasy — [14] Etymologically, someone who is ecstatic is out of his or her mind. The word comes, via Old French extasie and late Latin extasis, from Greek ékstasis, a derivative of the verb existánai ‘displace, drive out of one’s mind’. This was a… …
48Ecstasy (emotion) — Ecstasy is subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of his or her awareness. Because total involvement with an object of our interest is not our ordinary experience since we are ordinarily aware also of other… …
49Ecstasy (philosophy) — Ecstasy, (or ekstasis ) from the Ancient Greek, έκ στασις (ex stasis), to be or stand outside oneself, a removal to elsewhere (from ex : out, and stasis : a stand, or a standoff of forces).Hellenic PhilosophyIt is used in philosophy usually to… …
50Ecstasy (Roman) — Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance ist eine 1996 von Irvine Welsh veröffentlichte Sammlung dreier voneinander unabhängiger Kurzgeschichten. Der Schreibstil ist hauptsächlich geprägt von Slang und Gossensprache und detailreicher Schilderung… …
