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era of good feelings
era of good feelings period in U.S. history (1817-23) when, the Federalist party having declined, there was little open party feeling. After the War of 1812 all sections were anxious to return to a normal life and to forget political issues. The phrase was coined at the time of President Monroe's g... Read more
ambivalence
ambivalence , coexistence of two opposing drives, desires, feelings, or emotions toward the same person, object, or goal. The ambivalent person may be unaware of either of the opposing wishes. The term was coined in 1911 by Eugen Bleuler , to designate one of the major symptoms of schizophrenia , ... Read more
guilt
guilt in psychology, a term denoting an unpleasant feeling associated with unfulfilled wishes. Sigmund Freud initially contended that sexual drives produce sense of guilt in the superego, the moral conscience of the mind. He later maintained, however, that guilt was associated with aggressive imp... Read more
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday in the Western Church, the first day of Lent , being the seventh Wednesday before Easter. On this day ashes are placed on the foreheads of the faithful to remind them of death, of the sorrow they should feel for their sins, and of the necessity of changing their lives. The practice, ... Read more
body language
body language nonverbal communication by means of facial expessions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like. Body language expresses emotions, feelings, and attitudes, sometimes even contradicting the messages conveyed by spoken language. Some nonverbal expressions are understood by people i... Read more
ethnocentrism
ethnocentrism the feeling that one's group has a mode of living, values, and patterns of adaptation that are superior to those of other groups. It is coupled with a generalized contempt for members of other groups. Ethnocentrism may manifest itself in attitudes of superiority or sometimes hostility... Read more
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin 1942-, American singer, b. Memphis. She began singing in the choir of her father's church. Known as the "Queen of Soul," she recorded such hits as "Respect," "Chain of Fools," and "Who's Zoomin' Who," "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman," and "Highway of L... Read more
Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel , 1883-1970, German painter. In 1905, Heckel, together with Kirchner and Schmidt-Rottluff , founded the Brücke in Dresden. His paintings of this period (e.g., Scene in a Forest, 1913; Wallraf-Richartz Mus., Cologne) are characterized by violent color and slashing brushwork. ... Read more
libido
libido [Lat.,=lust], psychoanalytic term used by Sigmund Freud to identify instinctive energy with the sex instinct. For Freud, libido is the generalized sexual energy of which conscious activity is the expression. C. G. Jung used the term synonymously with instinctive energy in general. Many psych... Read more
plein-air
plein-air [Fr.,=open-air], term used for paintings or drawings made directly from nature and infused with a feeling of the open air. Painting outdoors is a relatively recent practice; the impressionists and the painters of the Barbizon school made plein-air painting an important dimension of thei... Read more

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religion
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition a system of thought, feeling, and action that is shared by a group and that gives the members...characterization (see animism ). A second type of religion, represented by many Oceanic and African tribal beliefs, includes momentary deities (a tree suddenly... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "oceanic feeling"

Oceanic experience
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Oceanic experience. The experience, usually brief and completely...unexpected, of being at one with the entire universe, and of feeling a deep meaning and purpose to every part of existence. It is often accompanied by feelings of compassion and love for all beings. See also BIOGENETIC... Read more

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Low budget: feeling blue and seeing red over a free-spending administration. (Rant).
Magazine article from: Reason; 7/1/2003; ; 647 words ; ...example: $117 million from this spring's $80 billion emergency spending package for the war on Iraq went to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration build the Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. Indiana voters might even... Read more
Letter to a Young Poet.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Poetry; 2/1/2004; ; 248 words ; Letter to a Young Poet In the biographies of Rilke, you get the Feeling you also get now and then in the poems that here, surely, is...have notice your daughter. And yet, how not to admire the pure oceanic illogic of his arguments, those preposterous if irremediable... Read more
He is Penn State: Barack Obama's rapturous welcome.(Election)(Pennsylvania)
Magazine article from: The American Conservative; 4/21/2008; ; 700+ words ; WEEKS HAVE PASSED since Barack Obama's speeches could make bloggers emit oceanic feelings through their keyboards. Obamaism is no longer fresh or poised to sweep the world before it. Jeremiah Wright has complicated matters... Read more
The Conflict at Home - How do you like your multiculturalism now?
Magazine article from: National Review; 10/15/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...in the gardens of the West. The shallowness of this view should require no exposition: any more than the barfly's oceanic feeling after a couple of drinks that all men are his brothers requires refutation. The fact that it does is not a sign of... Read more
Elegy with a Glass of Whiskey.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: Small Press Bookwatch; 10/1/2004; 141 words ; ...boaeditions.org In her poetry, Crystal Bacon seeks to invoke feelings with word clad imagery that evokes a compelling authority by...Hinged: In the sea-dark bed my hands find your flesh/fluid, oceanic--manatee?--and/the scar from sternum to pelvis, the place/where... Read more
Ma'ama I Ke Kai.
Magazine article from: Coast Guard Magazine; 2/1/2006; ; 576 words ; ...this spirit that the Coast Guard teamed up with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Hawaii...but it was a worthwhile endeavor, said Deweese. It was a good feeling to free a section of reef [from debris] that otherwise would... Read more
(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 10/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Nor is this pure metaphor: The magnitude of the distress is oceanic; its immensity oppresses, its fathomless depth drowns the mind...his personal anguish. This desolation and loneliness, this feeling of abandonment by God and man, this profusion of unsought trials... Read more
Putting the `ECO' in Tourism.(ecotourism-related services and package tours offered by travel industry and environmental organizations)
Magazine article from: E; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...back-something vacations that will exhilarate us and leave us feeling good, write Daniel and Sally Wiener Grotta in The Green Travel...VT 05402, (802)651-9818, www.ecotourism.org. OUTFITTER/AGENT: Oceanic Society Expeditions Participa Read more
Fishermen cast wary eye on trawlers' `Big Brother box'.(Environment)(Fishing boat monitoring to protect groundfish species may be expanded to include many more vessels)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 3/14/2005; 700+ words ; ...300 other West Coast boats required to install the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's vessel monitoring system in...throats, just like a lot of things in our business. Now, he's feeling better about the black box, largely because the satellite link... Read more
Not exactly our sediments. (effluent discharges along ports) (Business & the Environment)
Magazine article from: Los Angeles Business Journal; 7/13/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...information pertaining to the effects of this contamination on oceanic flora and fauna and how best to characterize and clean it up...voiced concern about the program's environmental effects. The feeling is that inadequate and inconsistent information exists about... Read more