Breatharianism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Breatharianism is a noun meaning The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
Meaning
The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight.
Example Sentences
Followers of the cult Breatharianism believe that the energy they save on digesting food and drink can be transformed into physical, emotional and spiritual energy.
Wiley Brooks, the guru of Breatharianism, espouses a system of physical vitality by which one may stop eating and drinking entirely, and live, lichenlike, off light and air.
An exponent of Breatharianism named Wiley Brooks, a handsome, very thin black man in his forties, headed the Breatharian Institute of America, and in 1983 claimed not to have consumed anything except an occasional glass of fruit juice for eighteen years.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breatharian, inedia, breathholding, anaerobiosis, inediate, meatlessness.
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