satori

From Japanese 悟り (satori, “understanding”).

• IPA^(key): /sæˈtɔːɹi/

satori (usually uncountable, plural satoris)

1. (Zen Buddhism) A sudden inexpressible feeling of inner understanding or enlightenment.
   • 1962, Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle, in Four Novels of the 1960s, Library of America 2007, p. 29:

     “Slim your hips the Zen way,” Juliana said. “Lose pounds through painless satori.”

   • 2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster (2005), page 115:

     What happened to the Merry Band on its trip during the summer of 1964 ranged from the cosmically sublime to the ridiculous, from peak ecstasy to full-tilt satori.

• (sudden feeling of enlightenment): epiphany, enlightenment

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Borrowed from Japanese 悟り (さとり, satori, “understanding, enlightment”).

• IPA^(key): /sa.to.ri/
• Hyphenation: sa‧to‧ri

satori (plural satori-satori, first-person possessive satoriku, second-person possessive satorimu, third-person possessive satorinya)

1. Free from discrimination.

satori

1. Rōmaji transcription of さとり

satōrī

1. dative singular of sator