Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rousing; alarming: as, an awakening sermon.
- noun The act of awaking from sleep.
- noun An arousing from what is like sleep; a revival of interest in, or attention to, what has been neglected.
- noun Especially A revival of religion, either in an individual or in a community: a use of the word derived from the Scripture symbol of sin as death or sleep, and conversion as resurrection or awakening.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting
- noun The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn.
- noun The act of
awaking , or ceasing to sleep. - noun religion A
revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. - verb Present participle of
awake .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of waking
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Examples
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In both cases the awakening is a touching of the soul towards something beyond the person's own scale of reference, a conversion to outsized realities which, before the dawn of the poem, remained numbed in familiarity, in repression, in security.
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In 1990, he had what he describes as his "awakening", when a psychic in Brighton told him that he was a healer, placed on Earth for a purpose.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Harriet Alexander 2011
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In 1990, he had what he describes as his "awakening", when a psychic in Brighton told him that he was a healer, placed on Earth for a purpose.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Harriet Alexander 2011
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This turning around in the center of the self has been described as an awakening self-love and self-preservation, which allows the smoker to discover a new way of life without smoking.
Dr. Daniel Seidman: Three Ways the 'Decision to Quit' Can Help You Through the Holidays Dr. Daniel Seidman 2011
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This turning around in the center of the self has been described as an awakening self-love and self-preservation, which allows the smoker to discover a new way of life without smoking.
Dr. Daniel Seidman: Three Ways the 'Decision to Quit' Can Help You Through the Holidays Dr. Daniel Seidman 2011
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As quoted, it did sound like a late-in-term awakening on America’s wars.
Tom Engelhardt: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Tom Engelhardt 2011
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As quoted, it did sound like a late-in-term awakening on America’s wars.
Tom Engelhardt: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Tom Engelhardt 2011
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This turning around in the center of the self has been described as an awakening self-love and self-preservation, which allows the smoker to discover a new way of life without smoking.
Dr. Daniel Seidman: Three Ways the 'Decision to Quit' Can Help You Through the Holidays Dr. Daniel Seidman 2011
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As quoted, it did sound like a late-in-term awakening on America’s wars.
Tom Engelhardt: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Tom Engelhardt 2011
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As quoted, it did sound like a late-in-term awakening on America’s wars.
Tom Engelhardt: Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs Tom Engelhardt 2011
oroboros commented on the word awakening
Presto Chango! The penny drops; the picture snaps in focus; one becomes all. Now go chop wood and carry water!
May 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word awakening
Did you just link to your email inbox? I can't get there, you know... ;-)
May 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word awakening
Huh! Never thought of that. Gimme your edress (on my profile page) and i'll eml the cartoon if you're interested.
May 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word awakening
I have no idea if I'm interested... what is it?
May 22, 2007
oroboros commented on the word awakening
It's a cartoon about so-called "awakening" (or enlightenment), and the goofy competitiveness (even hostility) that exists between two cartoon characters trying to be the first to awaken. Very unusual cartoon subject in my experience. Also, funny.
June 6, 2007
sherry28 commented on the word awakening
[[ "Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate ."( Eckart Tolle ) . A new earth : Awakening to your life's purpose . Author: Eckart Tolle . Page 259
September 30, 2010