full immersion

English

Noun

full immersion (plural full immersions)

  1. (Christianity) A method of baptism in which the person baptized is immersed in holy water completely.

See also

  • affusion (“baptism in which holy water is poured on the person's head”)
  • aspersion (“baptism in which holy water is sprinkled on the person”)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from full +‎ immersion. First attested in 1986.

Noun

full immersion f (invariable)

  1. (education) immersion (form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively)
  2. (figurative, by extension) complete focus on one activity

Adjective

full immersion (invariable)

  1. (relational) immersion
    corso full immersion ― immersion course

Synonyms

  • immersione totale
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