odyssey

noun

od·ys·sey | \ ˈä-də-sē

plural odysseys

Definition of odyssey

1 : a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune his odyssey from rural South to urban North, from poverty to affluence, from Afro-American folk culture to a Eurocentric world of books— J. E. Wideman

2 : an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest an odyssey of self-discovery a spiritual odyssey from disbelief to faith

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The story is about the emotional odyssey experienced by a teenage girl. the spiritual odyssey of the deeply religious

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The other principal role, of course, is that of Jim, the runaway slave who joins Huck on his down-river odyssey. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "From the Archives: 35 years ago ‘Big River’ started flowing in La Jolla," 25 June 2019 In Woodland’s case, the poignancy rested in his odyssey to become a dad. — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "Gary Woodland comes up big on Father’s Day, wins U.S. Open at Pebble Beach," 16 June 2019 The odyssey preceding the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Matal v. Tam is, certainly, the draw of Tam’s memoir. — Nathan Rizzo | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, "‘Slanted’ tells the story of Portland Asian American band’s fight to keep its name," 9 June 2019 Yet, somehow, the odyssey didn’t completely sour me on the suburbs and Ms. Kunkin sold me my house three years later. — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, "I Can See New York From My House!," 23 Feb. 2018 In their new short film, One Breath Around the World, Néry, 37, and Gautier, 39, take viewers on an underwater odyssey across the globe. — Mike Olcott, National Geographic, "This freediving couple reveals the world underwater like never before.," 25 Apr. 2019 Normal people have to adapt, often setting off on an odyssey to a safe location far away, in this case Alaska. — Tom Shippey, WSJ, "Science Fiction: On the Edge in the Golden State," 8 Feb. 2019 But Einstein made a critical last-second error that set him on an odyssey of doubt and discovery — one that nearly cost him his greatest scientific achievement. — Quanta Magazine, "How Einstein Lost His Bearings, and With Them, General Relativity," 14 Mar. 2018 The modernized Graphics Command Center is starting Intel’s graphics odyssey off on the right foot. — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, "Intel's gaming odyssey takes voyage with a slick new Graphics Command Center," 20 Mar. 2019

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