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spiritual bypass

Syllables: spir·i·tu·al by·pass

spiritual bypass noun: spirituality as avoidance of unresolved psychological issues.

Noun

spiritual bypass (uncountable)

  1. Spirituality as avoidance of unresolved psychological issues.

Forms of spiritual bypass

alternative formspiritual bypassing

Origin of spiritual bypass

Coined by American psychotherapist John Welwood in the mid 1980s.

Questions about spiritual bypass

What does spiritual bypass mean?
Spiritual bypass means spirituality as avoidance of unresolved psychological issues.
What part of speech is spiritual bypass?
Spiritual bypass is a noun.

Words near spiritual bypass in the dictionary

  1. spiritships
  2. spiritsome
  3. spiritual
  4. spiritual awakening
  5. spiritual awakenings
  6. spiritual bypass
  7. spiritual bypassing
  8. spiritual desertion
  9. spiritual desertions
  10. spiritual healing
  11. spiritual incest

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