mindquake
mindquake noun: a sudden drastic change in one's thoughts or beliefs.
Noun
mindquake (plural mindquakes)
- A sudden drastic change in one's thoughts or beliefs.
- For our Irish neighbors on the Beara Peninsula, it was a mindquake that shook the foundations of their belief.2000, James Lovelock, The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth, page 172
- We knew that we needed to change the mentality of Egyptians, to bring about a mindquake, an earthquake in the mind, to arm Egyptians with action tools.2014, Linda Herrera, Revolution in the Age of Social Media, page 18
- Synonyms:
- viewquake
Synonyms of mindquake
Forms of mindquake
| plural | mindquakes |
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Origin of mindquake
From mind + quake, by analogy with earthquake.
Questions about mindquake
- What does mindquake mean?
- Mindquake means a sudden drastic change in one's thoughts or beliefs.
- What part of speech is mindquake?
- Mindquake is a noun.
- What is the plural of mindquake?
- The plural of mindquake is mindquakes.
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