Initiation
[ɪ,nɪʃɪ'eɪʃn] or [ɪ,nɪʃɪ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; 'she looked forward to her initiation as an adult'; 'the foundation of a new scientific society'.
(noun.) a formal entry into an organization or position or office; 'his initiation into the club'; 'he was ordered to report for induction into the army'; 'he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame'.
Inputed by Celia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced; as, initiation into a society, into business, literature, etc.
(n.) The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
Edited by Lenore
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Introduction, admission, entrance.[2]. Instruction, indoctrination.[3]. Beginning, inauguration.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- Where an activity takes time, where many means and obstacles lie between its initiation and completion, deliberation and persistence are required. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Learning was not indeed so complete a withdrawal from ordinary life as initiation into a priesthood, but it was still something in that nature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It struck her as providential that she should be the instrument of his initiation. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Her whole soul was possessed by the fact that a fuller life was opening before her: she was a neophyte about to enter on a higher grade of initiation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The latter interest generally involves much greater intellectual initiation and larger survey of conditions. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- At his initiation he went beneath a scaffolding on which the bull was killed, and the blood ran down on him. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Just because the studies of the curriculum represent standard factors in social life, they are organs of initiation into social values. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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