shamanistic
Americanadjective
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Re-creating a writer’s effects in another language begins with an almost shamanistic sensitivity to how those effects are achieved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ceremonial objects made of copper, bone, stone, and wood and shaped into bird claws and totem animals aided shamanistic figures in their duties and were often buried with them.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
As I get older, I ask myself if I still want to submit myself to the shamanistic end of this profession and go completely into madness,” she added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
“There was a shamanistic quality to Roy’s presence and his playing. You absolutely felt that. There was something beyond music happening with Roy.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
Caroline, as I’ll call her, is a commanding presence, with high cheekbones and quick-moving, shamanistic eyes.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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