I'm seeking a word for the experience of being intensely, vividly involved in a TV show or novel.     I have a continuous event occur when I am reading or watching tv...that I'm not exactly sure how to describe. If a show or novel gets really intense I have a habit of getting...overwhelmed by what is occurring. Like...it feels real and like I am a part of it and I get nervous and my heart rate speeds up and I feel like it's actually happening and I end up needing to take a break from what I'm doing sit and breath for awhile and remind myself that it's not real.    Is there a word for this situation?
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Sometimes, when I watch a (real good) movie, I feel like the movie "sucks me into the screen". I feel that I am really inside the movie, really watching real persons acting in real situations. I do not really see what happens around me anymore, I get some kind of tunnel view and see only the screen. It's like being in John Malkovich's Head, just not seing the borders that are around me from that weird cave.  I wanted to know if there is a word for this kind of experience.  Also, I'd like to know if there is a word for "re-gaining" reality. After a few seconds or minutes in this weird state, I feel like my field of vision is growing larger and larger (just as if I was about to leave Malkovich) and then I'm "back in reality".   It's a hard to describe experience for me, not only because my mothertongue is not english but german, but also because, afaik, german lacks words for this, too. But when I have the english words, I believe, I may find the german ones as well.
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I am an IT professional. More specifically in automation. I am looking for a term or phrase that describes the event when either:  a. you are watching something closely and the issue doesn't occur  or  b. you are not watching something at all and the issue does occur
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What would you call a person that just stands by and won't act? Is kind of acting like a spectator when in reality that person should do something?  I know there is a word for this because I knew what it was a few hours ago but now I can’t remember it.
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What do you call it when someone has a strong opinion about something without having any experience with that thing? For example, if someone writes an entire newspaper article about how disgusting pie is without having ever eaten pie.  The word lodged in my brain is "hypocritical", but I know that's not correct.
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I want to avoid some common implications of empathy: that it's mostly involuntary, and that it involves some re-experiencing of the other's feelings. I'm looking for a more general word (or, less ideally, short phrase) that could easily apply both to someone empathetic and to Hannibal Lecter.  On the other hand, I'm not looking for an overly general word like perspicacity or discernment; I'm hoping for something that's specifically about perceiving other people's emotions and motivations.  Ideally I'm hoping for a noun, but a verb ("to exercise this ability") or adjective ("possessed of the ability") would be helpful too.
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I recently read somewhere a single word that described a person who enjoyed an argument - in the sense of a lively debate. It may have been a word implying a positive or neutral context but I don't think it was negative or derogatory.  A complex word (uncommon in colloquial use), medium length (7-8 letters), possibly ending in -ic. One or more of these points may be a false memory.  Any ideas?
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I’m looking for an adjective/ noun that describes a person who loves life, traveling, great food, always doing things which gets adrenaline kicking and is a always ready for attempting things for pleasure only
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I have just finished watching the 3rd season of .  I am wonder whether there is a word for somebody who cares for his/her son/daughter/child too much, like Dr. Cal Lightman?
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I am wondering if there is a word to describe a person who likes chaos. By this I mean a few specific things:   The person is pleased to hear when chaos is created, or confusion emerges The person will take opportunities to create chaos or confusion The person enjoys taking part in chaotic or disorganized situations.   I can't seem to think of a word to describe the type of person who would act in this way.  I hope this question is clear.  EDIT: Below gbutters sums up nicely:     What I wonder is if there is a word for a generally good-natured person who just likes some good old-fashioned chaos. It seems like any person that thrives on chaos would have to have some extra baggage.
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Recently I started reading a novel that I was excited to read. After getting approximately 45% into it, I lost the pace. It started becoming slow and lousy.   I thought to leave it unfinished but it was from one of my favorite writer (Paulo), so why not just complete it just to meet the finish line?  Sometimes we complete work just because we have started it, regardless of its interest. Is there a word or phrase for this situation?
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I found the following sentence in an American novel (this one:  you can read the whole paragraph). A woman broke her wrist and just had her cast removed. She thinks she can start playing piano again, but her wrist still hurts too much. I'm not sure I understand the meaning of the final sentence:  But a body can only heal so much, so fast.  Can someone help me, please?
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I was just in the midst of writing a description for a story I am writing, and I'm trying to describe one of the characters, or more rather think of a word I could use to describe them.   They are independent, they do everything by themselves, they enjoy solitude, and believe that friends or socialization is unnecessary and causes nothing but issues. They are quite egotistical and quite narcissistic because of this, but I'm looking for a word that explains their need to do everything alone.   If this helps, my sentence is as follows, or something along those lines:      Marina is a proud _____, she believes that buddies are for weak people, and she could very well cope on her own.
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When we have a series of episodes where every single episode depends on and develops from the previous, we may call that a sequel, or maybe a continuum.  Now let us say that we have a collection of fables, episodes or anecdotes that have the same characters, the same milieu, and the same themes; yet, this time, the episodes are NOT interdependent. They don't depend on each other in that you can watch/read 'any' one of them be it (in terms of order) from a beginning, medial, or final season, without having to watch/read the previous to understand, appreciate, and enjoy it (the one you're watching/reading). What do we call the 'episode' in this case?   Examples: a sitcom comedy show, or a show like Dr Who. Or, in literature, the novels of Sherlock Holmes.       Is there a specific term to describe the 'independent episodes' of these works?
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I'm writing a mildly dystopian scenario where competition is taken to vicious extremes, and I was wondering if there was a word that I could use (specifically a noun that was a synonym of "competition") to describe the sort of vicious, cutthroat ... _________ (the word that I want) that was going on.  I'm specifically looking for a word that doesn't refer to a one-off event (like "contest" or "tug-of-war"), but rather is more about the state of things.
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I'm having fun with paradoxes, and I'm trying to come up with a catchy word for non-self-descriptive.  Maybe "autosemantic" fits the bill for self-descriptive (definitely open to other suggestions!), but I'm having a hard time negating it in a natural way.  For an example of the sentence I'm trying to construct:     Is "inautosemantic" inautosemantic?   It just isn't flowing.
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I am looking for a word that would describe being obsessed with the details of a larger entity such that the "looker" neglects to see the whole or (perhaps more importantly) the purpose of the whole.  Basically, "not seeing the big picture".  What can [more] succinctly describe this?  Edit: I just found this post: . I think I want the exact opposite.
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So you're craving something, say a particular chocolate or sex with one very attractive person that you desire. Take the sexual encounter one for example. You sleep with the person so many times until you are fulfilled. But it gets somewhat "nauseating" to enjoy that thing again (the sex or the chocolate) because you've overindulged earlier.   Now what is that feeling called, the feeling of being overly "satisfied" or "quenched" to the point of nausea?  I wouldn't say what I'm looking for is satisfaction or quench. Is there a more specific term?  Example sentence:     "I've been eating T-bone steak all day yesterday. I had leftovers today, but I couldn't eat them - I'm just so ____ towards (or from) steak right now."