autoscopy
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- noun
- /ɔːˈtɒskəpi/
- Specialized
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autoscopia
- Having experienced autoscopy, she was surprised to see herself from an outside perspective.
Examples
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In his 1970 work A Psychoanalytic Study of the Double in Literature, Robert Rogers places the phenomenon of the mirror image (i.e., autoscopy) first in his own typology, noting that
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During his out-of-body experience, he described a feeling of autoscopy as he watched his body from above.
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Many people report a sense of autoscopy when they have near-death experiences, feeling detached from their physical form.
Synonyms
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A feeling that you are outside your body and can see it from above
How Vivid
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Surface Forms
Morphology
autoscopy = auto + scopy
The meaning is fairly clear from auto- 'self' and scopy 'observation/viewing', but the term is specialized and may not be fully predictable for an average learner.
Etymology
Autoscopy comes from Greek parts auto- meaning 'self', as in autograph, and -scopy meaning 'to look', as in telescope. So, autoscopy is like 'looking at yourself', which explains why it means seeing your own body from outside.