ecstasy meaning
ENWEcstasy
- Ecstasy may refer to:
- Ecstasy (emotion), a trance or trance-like state in which a person transcends normal consciousness
- Religious ecstasy, a state of consciousness characterized by expanded spiritual awareness, visions or absolute euphoria
- Ecstasy (philosophy), a term used to mean "outside itself"
- Ecstasy (drug), a colloquial term for the drug MDMA
EN Ecstasy
- NounPLecstasies
- Intense pleasure.
- A state of emotion so intense that a person is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.
- A trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation.
- (obsolete) Violent emotion or distraction of mind; excessive grief from anxiety; insanity; madness.
- (slang) The drug MDMA, a synthetic entactogen of the methylenedioxyphenethylamine family, especially in a tablet form.
- (medicine, dated) A state in which sensibility, voluntary motion, and (largely) mental power are suspended; the body is erect and inflexible; but the pulse and breathing are not affected.
- Intense pleasure.
Definition of ecstasy in English Dictionary
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