Breatharianism

//ˌbɹɛˈθɛəɹi.ənˌɪzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The belief in, or practice of, living without food, subsisting instead on prana or sunlight. uncountable

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From breatharian + -ism.

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