Traduction de «Act communion » (Anglais → Français) :

invocation | plea, service, devotion | act of communion | prayer

Definition: The essential feature is recurrent obsessional thoughts or compulsive acts. Obsessional thoughts are ideas, images, or impulses that enter the patient's mind again and again in a stereotyped form. They are almost invariably distressing and the patient often tries, unsuccessfully, to resist them. They are, however, recognized as his or her own thoughts, even though they are involuntary and often repugnant. Compulsive acts or rituals are stereotyped behaviours that are repeated again and again. They are not inherently enjoyable, nor do they result in the completion of inhere ...[+++]ntly useful tasks. Their function is to prevent some objectively unlikely event, often involving harm to or caused by the patient, which he or she fears might otherwise occur. Usually, this behaviour is recognized by the patient as pointless or ineffectual and repeated attempts are made to resist. Anxiety is almost invariably present. If compulsive acts are resisted the anxiety gets worse. | anankastic neurosis obsessive-compulsive neurosis

EU act [ Community act | Community legal act | EC act | EU legal act | European Union act | European Union legal act ]

Definition: Disorder characterized by multiple acts of, or attempts at, setting fire to property or other objects, without apparent motive, and by a persistent preoccupation with subjects related to fire and burning. This behaviour is often associated with feelings of increasing tension before the act, and intense excitement immediately afterwards.

Definition: Personality disorder characterized by a definite tendency to act impulsively and without consideration of the consequences; the mood is unpredictable and capricious. There is a liability to outbursts of emotion and an incapacity to control the behavioural explosions. There is a tendency to quarrelsome behaviour and to conflicts with others, especially when impulsive acts are thwarted or censored. Two types may be distinguished: the impulsive type, characterized predominantly by emotional instability and lack of impulse control, and the borderline type, characterized in addition by disturbances in self-image, aims, and intern ...[+++]al preferences, by chronic feelings of emptiness, by intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, and by a tendency to self-destructive behaviour, including suicide gestures and attempts. | Personality (disorder):aggressive | borderline | explosive

acting practices | acting technique | acting methods | acting techniques

define circus acts' rigging needs | define needs to rig for circus acts | define rigging needs for circus acts | establish circus acts' rigging

For an Orthodox Christian, the encounter with the icon is an act of communion with the person represented in the icon.

How much more should our encounters with living icons – persons made in the image and likeness of God – be acts of communion!

This act of love, which is good, beautiful and noble is bound to be experienced in a complementary manner between the sexes in marriage, and to be respected in its dual purpose, which is the communion of two beings in their bodies, hearts and souls and the generous openness to children.

The act established a board of trustees comprised of 15 laymen and 12 clergymen, all in full communion with the Church of Scotland.