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sublimate
[suhb-luh-meyt, suhb-luh-mit, -meyt]
verb (used with object)
Psychology.Ģżto divert the energy of (a sexual or other biological impulse) from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
Chemistry.Ģż
to sublime (a solid substance); extract by this process.
to refine or purify (a substance).
to make nobler or purer.
To read about great men sublimates ambition.
verb (used without object)
to become sublimated; undergo sublimation.
noun
Chemistry.Ģżthe crystals, deposit, or material obtained when a substance is sublimated.
adjective
purified or exalted; sublimated.
sublimate
/ ĖsŹblÉŖĖmeÉŖt, ĖsŹblÉmÉbÉl /
verb
psychol to direct the energy of (a primitive impulse, esp a sexual one) into activities that are considered to be socially more acceptable
(tr) to make purer; refine
noun
chem the material obtained when a substance is sublimed
adjective
exalted or purified
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- sublimable adjective
- sublimableness noun
- sublimation noun
- desublimate verb (used with object)
- resublimate verb (used with object)
- supersublimated adjective
- unsublimated adjective
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of sublimate1
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of sublimate1
Example Sentences
"Because Martian air is so thin and the temperatures so cold, water-ice snow sublimates, or becomes a gas, before it even touches the ground. Dry-ice snow actually does reach the ground," NASA's website states.
Itās a good-looking movie about sublimated lives and the need to break free, one that feels torn between presenting the surface allure of those desires in a repressive time and exploring anything deeper.
āYouāve got to sublimate yourself, your ego, and yes, your identity. You must stand in front of the public and God and obliterate yourself.ā
In another scene, it fosters a shared revolt with the older women, who briefly allow their own sublimated pain to emerge.
We have to sublimate a lot of emotions into our sports teams because weāre repressed.
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- repressĢż
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