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experiencer

experiencer

1 7.2
A person or thing that feels, notices and is affected by something
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈspɪəriːənser/
translation icon : experimentador
  • Regarding openness to experience, we predicted that experiencers would have particularly high openness to experience scores.
  • experiencers were particularly

Examples

  • Marginal support was obtained for these hypotheses, as experiencers were indeed particularly open to experience.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In all other cases, Quentin shows himself as the experiencer of a process.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Experience in which the person was asked by the Light which religious form the experiencer was comfortable with.

    Blog text (25)
  • At some point after arriving at the "other side," the experiencer is offered an invitation to stay.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Other experiencers may describe a domain that has no parallel to any known physical setting.

  • In many accounts, the experiencer correlates the astral world with the world of dreams.

  • For Dewey, qualities are experienced; they require an experiencer, but they do not belong to consciousness.

    Academic text (2016)
  • In several EHEs, the experiencer feels part of a meaningful process that is inherently purposeful.

    Academic text (1995)
  • In the current investigation, we expect that experiencers, i.e., those loose with money but not materialistic, would be particularly high in sensation seeking and openness to experience.

    Academic text (2006)
  • In her travel blog, the author describes herself as an experiencer who embraces different cultures.

Synonyms

perceiver
vsexperiencer
1 7.5

A person who notices things using their senses

is about being affected or undergoing events, not just sensing them
experient
vsexperiencer
9.9

A person who directly takes part in an event

is broader, including being affected without direct involvement
undergoer
vsexperiencer
  • Specialized
9.5

A person or thing affected by an action

covers the same personal effect but in general use beyond grammar

Surface Forms

experiencer singular
experiencers plural

Morphology

experiencer = experience (transparent) = experience + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'experience' meaning 'one who experiences'; meaning is directly predictable.

Etymology

Experiencer comes from experience, which comes from a word meaning 'to try' or 'to test', the same idea you see in experiment. So an experiencer is someone who 'goes through' or 'has' something and feels it.