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/nɜːvˈɑːnɐ/
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[ US /nɝˈvɑnə, nɪɹˈvɑnə/ ]
[ US /nɝˈvɑnə, nɪɹˈvɑnə/ ]
NOUN
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
How To Use nirvana In A Sentence
- That much we can take away from this latest close encounter with planet Nirvana without fear of contradiction.
- Nirvana" squared the circle by making a record that was both superb pop and rock music at the same time.
- Seattle grunge outfit Nirvana topped the list with Smells Like Teen Spirit, followed by Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name.
- After WWII, the San Fernando Valley was the nirvana of the common man, the Promised Land where the average Joe could afford to buy his place in the sun. VDARE.com - Latest Articles
- Neo-illiberals belong to a venerable strand of nirvana thinking: the prelapsarian school. The Times Literary Supplement
- Sadly, research doesn't back up the idea that women have reached a nirvana of liberated sexuality.
- Mergers with metropolitan parties in London or Dublin are the product of wishful thinking, the dream of achieving the nirvanas of a secure Union or Irish unity by the back door - and in the short term dishing the Shinners or the DUP. Irish Blogs
- But we have to operate in the real world, not some socialist nirvana that simply does not work.
- They thought that nirvana was a state of "non-existence" because they earnestly believed that this was the only way for them to ever achieve a lasting state of serenity.
- Once we experienced the nirvana of the forward cabin, there was no going back to coach.