Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

a touchy-feely mentality

Spanish translation:

una mentalidad sensiblera

Added to glossary by Ana Juliá
Mar 13, 2009 16:30
15 yrs ago
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English term

dominated by a touchy-feely mentality

English to Spanish Art/Literary Religion A book about the Creation/evolution debate
First we must propose that personal knowledge of Truth is
possible in the only perfect man, Jesus Christ. Though not all would start with Christ before establishing the basis for Truth, in my experience this is a valid route, since it shows immediately that we are not dealing with something abstract but something experiential and tangible. This is important to people ***dominated by a touchy-feely mentality***.
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peyorativo? Me parece que "touchy-feely" tiene cierto matiz peyorativo que no se refleja en las traducciones propuestas....

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dominada por una mentalidad sensible e intuitiva

Pensé en "sensiblera", pero me parece excesivo.
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agree minano : Sí, pensé en escribir igual frase pero ya estabas ahí.
1 hr
Muchas gracias.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "'Sensiblera' no es excesivo en este contexto, muchas gracias"
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dominada por una mentalidad abierta y afectuosa

touch·y-feel·y (tch-fl)

adj. Informal
1. Marked by or emphasizing physical closeness and emotional openness: became uncomfortable when the group therapy session got too touchy-feely.
2. Based on sentiment or intuition, especially to the exclusion of critical judgment: "a book that proves the existence of the Almighty ... without recourse to spiritual mumbo jumbo or any of that touchy-feely faith stuff" Adam Begley.
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agree teresa quimper : Estoy de acuerdo contigo, Cristina.
45 mins
gracias
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dominada por una mentalidad sentimental

Otra sugerencia
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dominada por una mentalidad de intimidad emocional/en la que prevalece la intimidad emocional

otra opción
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agree Marjory Hord : creo que va mejor en el contexto que sentimental
10 mins
¡muchas gracias Marjory!
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dominada por una mentalidad basada / centrada en lo sensible

lo que se puede tocar y sentir, por oposición a lo racional.
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