Sentence examples for ritualistic actions from inspiring English sources
Obsessive-compulsive disorders are characterized by the irresistible entry of unwanted ideas, thoughts, or feelings into consciousness or by the need to repeatedly perform ritualistic actions that the sufferer perceives as unnecessary or unwarranted.
In this sculpture-cum-performance, a simple series of ritualistic actions are followed: the youth undresses, sets and lights the fire, and then sits either watching the flame or watching his audience until the fire goes out.
Hermann Nitsch has since staged several large-scale ritualistic actions with dozens of performers drenched in animal blood (obtained from slaughter houses), which he assembles under his Orgien Mysterien Theater.
VNO activation triggers endocrine changes and ritualistic action patterns through preprogrammed neural circuits.
Sexually mature animals respond to pheromone signals from potential mates with endocrine changes and ritualistic action patterns (Wyatt, 2003).
"Schuttbild" is the product of one of the artist's first ritualistic performance actions.
His second, Black Milk, involves five male dancers, displaying typical traits of tribal behaviour and almost ritualistic warrior actions.
We become attentive to the ritualistic repetition of actions, to the prowling camera moves that map out the contours of this enclosed but oddly elastic universe, and to the eerie sound design – along with Mihaly Vig's creaky, dirge-like violin/organ score, a ghastly three-note refrain has been mixed eerily into the sound of the wind itself, not just hauntingly but fit to drive you mad.
In obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a sense of compulsion is associated with performing ritualistic thoughts or actions.
As Gombrich (2009) points out, the Buddha's insistence on this point reflects the transition from an earlier ritualistic view of action to a view that brings action within the purview of ethics.
Their actions had a ritualistic air without conveying even the slightest hint of what these rituals were supposed to symbolize.
