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out of body experience

OWT uv BOD-ee ek-SPEER-ee-ents

aʊt əv ˈbɒdi ɪkˈspɪəriəns

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outofbodyexperience

Dictionary meaning

the sensation of floating outside one's own body and observing oneself from an external perspective; used literally for a dissociative phenomenon and figuratively for any experience so unusual or overwhelming it feels as though one is watching it happen to someone else

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