schesis
/ˈskiːsɪs/
schesis noun: general state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
Noun
schesis (uncountable)
- General state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
- For if that Mind which has Existing in it self from all Eternity, all the Simple Essences of Things , and conſequently , all their poſſible Scheſes or Habitudes, should ever change, there would arise a new Schesis in this Mind that was not before1687, John Norris, Miscellanies
- Each of you have been inducted into that subtle Psycho-cosmic schesis which we term, En; a state of profound zootic subjection, which renders somatic organisms susceptible to the potent empire of what is called, in the terrestro-astral plane, substantial imitation;1894, Steele MacKaye ·, Father Ambrose, the Revelations of May 3d '68, page 148
Origin of schesis
From Ancient Greek σχέσις (skhésis, “state, condition, attitude”), from ἔχω (ékhō). See scheme.
Words that rhyme with schesis
- thesis
- mimesis
- CSIS
- diuresis
- epithesis
- kinesis
- syndesis
- synizesis
- ascesis
- biokinesis
- diaphoresis
- anuresis
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Questions about schesis
- What does schesis mean?
- Schesis means general state or disposition of the body or mind, or of one thing with regard to other things; habitude.
- What part of speech is schesis?
- Schesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce schesis?
- Schesis is pronounced /ˈskiːsɪs/.
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