Inspiration
[ɪnspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɪnspə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) arousing to a particular emotion or action.
(noun.) a product of your creative thinking and work; 'he had little respect for the inspirations of other artists'; 'after years of work his brainchild was a tangible reality'.
(noun.) a sudden intuition as part of solving a problem.
(noun.) arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity.
Editor: Rena--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of inspiring or breathing in; breath; specif. (Physiol.), the drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm; -- the opposite of expiration.
(n.) The act or power of exercising an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect or emotions; the result of such influence which quickens or stimulates; as, the inspiration of occasion, of art, etc.
(n.) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Inhalation, breathing in.[2]. Afflatus, supernatural influence.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Poesy, frenzy, impulse, revelation, intuition, afflatus
ANT:Study, elaboration, learning, acquirement, observation, education
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Examples
- I could not conceive or believe: it was more like an inspiration. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The very next day however produced some proof of inspiration. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Estella was the inspiration of it, and the heart of it, of course. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Faraday, to whom also was given Promethean inspiration, procured some of Walker's matches and brought them to public notice. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It had been easy enough to write the date, and Dear Mr. Rosedale--but after that her inspiration flagged. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The whole history of science shows that it is to the worker that the inspiration comes, and that new ideas develop from old ideas. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then, after a moment's pondering, almost to her own surprise she broke out with a flash of inspiration: Well, go over and see Mr. Selden. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I reached it, and once more drew a free inspiration. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I understood, as by inspiration, the nature of his love for Miss Oliver; I agreed with him that it was but a love of the senses. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Generally speaking, non-technical and uninitiated persons have a tendency to regard an invention as being more or less the ultimate result of some happy inspiration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In this work he writes under the inspiration of Greek philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- And there Mrs. Snagsby is seized with an inspiration. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Consequently it looked back to the records upon which it drew, instead of looking out directly upon nature and society, for material and inspiration. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He began to draw his breath with long, deep inspirations; and his broad chest rose and fell, heavily. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But the practice of a fine art is far from being a matter of extemporized inspirations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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