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odyssey (noun)
1. a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of
fortune
Example:
This man can tell you about his odyssey from his country
to the U.S.A., from poverty to affluence.
2. an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest
Examples:
· an odyssey of self-discovery
· a spiritual odyssey from disbelief to faith
Extra
info: Ever since Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey told the story of warrior
Odysseus’s ten-year journey home from Troy, odyssey has meant any
epic journey.
As with the word journey, odyssey has both a literal
meaning and a figurative one. A cross-country drive in which your car breaks
down can be an odyssey, but so can the journey from orientation to finals in
the freshman year of college.
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