Definitions for near-death experience
near-death ex·pe·ri·ence

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1. near-death experiencenoun

   the experience of being close to death but surviving

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1. near-death experiencenoun

   A sensation of detachment from one's body, the presence of a tunnel of light, the apparent viewing of one's own body from on high, and similar manifestations, experienced by people whose heart and brain have temporarily ceased to function

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1. Near-death experience

   A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. When negative, such experiences may include sensations of anguish, distress, a void, devastation, and vast emptiness. People often report seeing hellish places and things like their own rendition of "the devil."Explanations for NDEs vary from scientific to religious. Neuroscience research hypothesizes that an NDE is a subjective phenomenon resulting from "disturbed bodily multisensory integration" that occurs during life-threatening events. Some transcendental and religious beliefs about an afterlife include descriptions similar to NDEs.In the U.S., an estimated 9 million people have reported an NDE, according to a 2011 study in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. Most of these near-death experiences result from serious injury that affects the body or brain.

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1. near-death experience

   A near-death experience is a unique and profound personal encounter or event, often associated with a sense of detachment from the physical body, that typically occurs to individuals close to death or in situations of intense danger or distress. It can involve various feelings such as moving through a tunnel, communication with a higher power or deceased persons, intense feelings of peace or joy, a review of one's life, or a decision to return to the body.

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1. Near-death experience

   A near-death experience refers to personal experiences associated with impending death, encompassing multiple possible sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a light. These phenomena are usually reported after an individual has been pronounced clinically dead or very close to death. Many NDE reports, however, originate from events that are not life-threatening. With recent developments in cardiac resuscitation techniques, the number of reported NDEs has increased. The experiences have been described in medical journals as having the characteristics of hallucinations, while parapsychologists, religious believers and some scientists have pointed to them as evidence of an afterlife and mind-body dualism. According to the 2013 PLOS ONE article by Thonnard et al., " near-death experiences cannot be considered as imagined event memories. On the contrary, their physiological origins could lead them to be really perceived although not lived in the reality." Popular interest in near-death experiences was initially sparked by Weiss's 1972 The Vestibule, followed by Raymond Moody's 1975 book Life After Life and the founding of the International Association for Near-Death Studies in 1981. According to a Gallup poll, approximately eight million Americans claim to have had a near-death experience. Some commentators, such as Simpson, claim that the number of near-death experiencers may be underestimated. People who have had a near-death experience may not be comfortable discussing the experience with others, especially when the NDE is understood as a paranormal incident. NDEs are among the phenomena studied in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and hospital medicine.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of near-death experience in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of near-death experience in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of near-death experience in a Sentence

1. Chris Rock:

   I wanna find some peace, 'cause people usually find that peace in a horrible time, why does that have to be? Maybe I can find God without being in shambles. Maybe I can reach a higher plain spiritually without being in a near-death experience.

2. Hector Tobar:

   For many it was a kind of rebirth and so to see that your near death experience and rebirth played out on the big screen was very emotional for them, so there were many tears shed at the screening in Chile.

3. Don Kelly:

   Life was good for him. He had survived this near-death experience and everything was positive and going his way, how tragic that everything could be taken away in the blink of an eye. Were all hurting.

4. Jennifer Grey:

   It’s very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people, being alone on a country road in the middle of nowhere with nobody else around or conscious was pretty terrifying… It led to so many other things in my life.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=near-death experience
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Near-Death_Experience
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Death_Experience
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=near-death experience