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follow one's bliss

follow one's bliss verb: to use the awareness of what causes one to experience rapture as a guide for determining what constitutes authentic and proper living.

Verb

follow one's bliss (third-person singular simple present follows one's bliss, present participle following one's bliss, simple past and past participle followed one's bliss)

  1. (intransitive) To use the awareness of what causes one to experience rapture as a guide for determining what constitutes authentic and proper living.

Forms of follow one's bliss

third-person singular presentfollows one's bliss
present participlefollowing one's bliss
past participlefollowed one's bliss
pastfollowed one's bliss

Origin of follow one's bliss

Coined (as follow your bliss) by American mythologist Joseph John Campbell (1904–1987).

Questions about follow one's bliss

What does follow one's bliss mean?
Follow one's bliss means to use the awareness of what causes one to experience rapture as a guide for determining what constitutes authentic and proper living.
What part of speech is follow one's bliss?
Follow one's bliss is a verb.
What is the past tense of follow one's bliss?
The past tense of follow one's bliss is followed one's bliss.

Words near follow one's bliss in the dictionary

  1. follow board
  2. follow boards
  3. follow in someone's footsteps
  4. follow my leader
  5. follow on
  6. follow one's bliss
  7. follow one's heart
  8. follow one's nose
  9. follow ons
  10. follow someone off a cliff
  11. follow someone to the ends of the earth

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