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Meaning of Clinging | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈklɪŋɪŋ

Definitions

The act of one who clings.

Equivalents

العربية التعلّق
Suomi takertuminen
Svenska klängning

Examples

“The mind […] ascribes characters to things. It can become attached in the process, the attachment taking such forms as erroneous thoughts and clingings, and the Buddha-nature thereby becomes defiled in the way that the sun may be obscured by clouds or a mirror by dust.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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See also

clinging vine clingingness Clingman Clingmans Dome Clings clingstone

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