healing effect
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- noun
- /ˈhiːlɪŋ ɪˈfɛkt/
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efecto curativo
- It would provide a healing effect and cure you of irritation.
- the healing effect of forgiveness
This often has a remarkable healing effect on people in the present.
- This often has a remarkable healing effect on people in the present.
Examples
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If the process is to have the healing effect its proponents claim, it must be seen as fair, and for that to happen, it must be explained in a much more plausible way than it has been thus far.
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However, many parents who have donated their child's organs have said that the difficult decision had a healing effect.
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Water has a powerful healing effect.
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This often has a remarkable healing effect on people in the present.
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Most important of all may be the healing effect of disclosure.
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Not sure if it's meant to have any healing effect or if it is just for comfort and flavor?
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Whether it is the loss of a loved one or the stress of the holidays, there is a healing effect of a walk in the woods or along the shore in the company of birds.
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Acupuncture is the stimulation of specific points on the body which have the ability to alter various biochemical and physiological conditions in order to achieve a healing effect.
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It can potentially, as poet Sterling Brown makes clear in "Ma Rainey," have a soothing, healing effect upon the masses for whom the performer is offering a sermon or a song.
Academic text (2017) -
Sincere expressions of remorse and apology can have a profound healing effect.
Synonyms
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1.0
An advantage that helps people or a community
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A positive effect on someone's body or mind
The quality of something that helps you feel healthy and relaxed again
How Healing
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'healing' (able to restore health) modifies 'effect' (a result or influence), so the meaning 'an effect that heals or aids recovery' follows directly from the constituents. This adjective+noun pattern is common cross-linguistically and predictable for a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Healing effect puts together healing (making someone well) and effect (a result), so imagine a warm bandage, medicine, or calm music that actually helps a wound or mood get better. That's why healing effect means 'a result that helps cure or makes you feel better'.