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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So began my odyssey through the various ways to go after a stuck bolt. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "Six Ways to Extract Stuck Bolts—and the Nightmare of Trying Them All in a Row," 15 Oct. 2018 Thompson’s French publisher organized a book tour, and when other publishers in other countries piled on, the trip turned into an odyssey. — New York Times, "A Youthful, Lovesick Journey Revealed in a Sketchbook," 6 July 2018 The movie becomes an odyssey (complete with nods to Homer) of masculine obstacles, and there are quite of few of them in her path – in the form of a homesteader, a fur trapper an Indian. — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, "'Damsel': Robert Pattinson neo-western shoots itself in its hipster foot," 27 June 2018 Most expected the Italian odyssey to come to an heroic end. — SI.com, "World Cup Countdown: 3 Weeks To Go - When Italy Ruled in 2006 in the Face of Domestic Turmoil," 4 June 2018 The news of Irgo’s unplanned odyssey comes as United admits another dog died after a flight attendant forced it to travel in an overhead bin on a Houston-to-New York flight. — Time, "United Airlines Mistakenly Flies Dog to Japan, Instead of Kansas," 14 Mar. 2018 But for Mondeik, a 21-year-old college student from the unincorporated burg of Gleason – between Wausau and Rhinelander – this current eight-day odyssey makes perfect sense. — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Where racing will take him, Justin Mondeik can't be sure, but he's eager to follow the road," 9 July 2018 With Machine Man, Kirby’s 2001 odyssey was finally over—and in 1978 so was his second stint with Marvel. — Dante A. Ciampaglia, WIRED, "The Crazy Legacy of Jack Kirby’s Forgotten 2001: A Space Odyssey," 12 May 2018 This north-of-the-border odyssey quickly became its own prison. — Michael Slenske, latimes.com, "The rise and fall and rise of Patrick Painter," 27 Mar. 2018

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