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breatharianism

/ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm/

breatharianism noun: the belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.

Noun

breatharianism (uncountable)

  1. The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
    • Wiley Brooks, the guru of Breatharianism, espouses a system of physical vitality by which one may stop eating and drinking entirely, and live, lichenlike, off light and air.1988, Rev. Ivan Stang, High Weirdness by Mail, New York: Fireside, →ISBN, →OL, page 33
    • An exponent of Breatharianism named Wiley Brooks, a handsome, very thin black man in his forties, headed the Breatharian Institute of America, and in 1983 claimed not to have consumed anything except an occasional glass of fruit juice for eighteen years.1998, Ricky Jay, “The Ultimate Diet: The Art and Artifice of Fasting”, in Jay's Journal of Anomalies, volume 4, number 1

Origin of breatharianism

From breatharian + -ism.

Questions about breatharianism

What does breatharianism mean?
Breatharianism means the belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
What part of speech is breatharianism?
Breatharianism is a noun.
How do you pronounce breatharianism?
Breatharianism is pronounced /ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm/.

Words near breatharianism in the dictionary

  1. breathalyzer
  2. breathalyzers
  3. breathalyzes
  4. breathalyzing
  5. breatharian
  6. breatharianism
  7. breatharians
  8. breathe
  9. breathe a sigh of relief
  10. breathe a word
  11. breathe again

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