to pneumatize
- verb
- /njuːˈmæt.aɪz/
- Formal
- The music seemed to pneumatize the entire audience, lifting their spirits.
Examples
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Ancient rituals were designed to pneumatize the participants, connecting them to the divine.
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The teacher aims to pneumatize her students with enthusiasm.
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The charismatic leader hoped to pneumatize his followers with a renewed sense of purpose.
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The church pneumatized the new congregation with hope.
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The charismatic leader hoped to pneumatize his followers with a renewed sense of purpose.
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Ancient rituals were designed to pneumatize the participants, connecting them to the divine.
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The music seemed to pneumatize the entire audience, lifting their spirits.
Synonyms
To fill a person or thing with a particular quality
Move someone into a higher spiritual state
Make someone feel happier and full of energy
To give new life and energy to people or things
To make someone feel lively, brave, or full of energy
To give an inner life to a person or thing
To give something a religious meaning or feeling
To fill someone's heart or mind with spiritual understanding
To make something feel holy or full of life
To make someone feel brave and excited
Antonyms
How Inspired
Surface Forms
Morphology
pneumatize = pneuma (opaque) = pneumat + ize
This sense relies on the lesser-known noun 'pneuma' meaning 'spirit', which is not familiar to average learners, making the derivation non-transparent.
Etymology
The word pneumatize comes from the Greek root pneuma meaning 'breath' or 'spirit'. So to pneumatize someone or something is to fill them with 'spirit' or spiritual power, which is why the word can mean to inspire or give religious life.