trance
Absorbed, unresponsive state
A trance is a half-conscious state between sleeping and waking, characterized by reduced awareness of surroundings and diminished responsiveness.
Hypnotists induce trances; so do meditation, repetitive rituals, or intense focus.
Someone in a trance appears mentally absent: She stared out the window in a trance.
Trance also names a genre of electronic dance music with repetitive, hypnotic rhythms designed to produce an altered state in listeners.
Mental separation from surroundings
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
- dreamlikeHazy and fantastical
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
surreal · ethereal · trip · fugue · depersonalization · derealization · dissociative · ayahuasca
Trance-state practitioner
- mesmerismTrance-inducing influence
- inductionFormal admission process
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
susceptibility · regression · posthypnotic · autosuggestion · somnambulism · conditioning · brainwave · swinging watch
Relating to circuitry devices
- EDMBeat-driven club genre
- technoElectronic dance genre
- houseResidential building
- psytranceHypnotic electronic dance genre
Goa · rave · BPM · beats · synth · uplifting · progressive · ambient
Suspended sensibility
- catatoniaPsychiatric movement disorder
- dazeBewildered mental state
- blackoutComplete power loss
- fugue stateTemporary identity loss disorder
unresponsive · insensibility · torpor · somnolence · semiconscious · vegetative · narcolepsy · catalepsy
Awareness of the present
- zenMeditative calm
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
samadhi · stillness · awareness · transcendence · satori · kundalini · pranayama · chakras
Concentrated attention point
- engrossmentTotal absorption in something
- immersionState of being submerged
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
captivated · mesmerized · fascinated · rapt · enthralled · spellbound · riveted · fixated
dissociation
Mental separation from surroundings
- psychedelicInducing altered perception
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
- dreamlikeHazy and fantastical
hallucination · surreal · ethereal · trip · fugue · depersonalization · derealization · dissociative · ayahuasca · peyote
hypnotist
Trance-state practitioner
- mesmerismTrance-inducing influence
- inductionFormal admission process
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
subconscious · susceptibility · regression · posthypnotic · autosuggestion · somnambulism · conditioning · brainwave · swinging watch · pendulum
electronic
Relating to circuitry devices
psytrance · Goa · rave · BPM · beats · synth · uplifting · progressive · ambient · euphoric
stupor
Suspended sensibility
fugue state · unresponsive · insensibility · torpor · somnolence · semiconscious · vegetative · narcolepsy · catalepsy · lethargy
mindfulness
Awareness of the present
- zenMeditative calm
- mantraRepeated focus phrase
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
vipassana · samadhi · stillness · awareness · transcendence · satori · kundalini · pranayama · chakras · insight
focus
Concentrated attention point
- engrossmentTotal absorption in something
- immersionState of being submerged
- concentrationSustained single-minded attention
preoccupation · captivated · mesmerized · fascinated · rapt · enthralled · spellbound · riveted · fixated · hypnotized
- confusionconfusion, confused, bewilderment, perplexity, baffled
- dance musicEDM, disco, techno, house, dubstep
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- instrumentalsguitar solo, guitar solos, drum solo, piano solos, drum solos
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- unreal thingsillusion, delusion, fantasy, fiction, imaginary
trancealertness
Active mental awareness
consciousness · wakefulness · awareness · vigilance · lucidity
tranceconcentration
Sustained single-minded attention
focus · deliberation · critical thinking · mental clarity · reasoning
tranceacoustic music
Sound without amplification
folk music · classical music · unplugged · blues · jazz
- in transitBeing transported somewhere
- transit authorityAgency overseeing public transportation
- public transitShared community vehicle system
- transit mapPublic transport route chart
- in transitionUndergoing change between states
- transit stationsPassenger pickup points
entrance, transit, transition, transient, entranced, entrancing, transitory, entrances, tranced