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satori

[suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]

sa·to·ri

[suh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
noun Zen.
sudden enlightenment.

Origin:
1720–30; < Japanese: noun derivative of v. “to awaken” (sato- aware + -r- formative affix)
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satori (səˈtɔːrɪ)
 
n
Zen Buddhism the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment
 
[from Japanese]

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