out-of-body experience

== English == === Alternative forms === out-of-the-body experience === Noun === out-of-body experience (plural out-of-body experiences) (parapsychology) An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body. ==== Usage notes ==== Out-of-body experiences are sometimes differentiated from astral projections by understanding the former experiences to be involuntary and uncontrolled while the latter are considered to be deliberately initiated and controllable. ==== Translations ==== === See also === astral projection