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A collision disguised as a coincidence, and sometimes it rewrites you.
means To meet or run into someone or something, often unexpectedly, usually with some friction or force to the meeting.
from From Old French 'encontre', meaning 'meeting' or 'opposing,' built from the Latin prefix 'in-' (toward) plus 'contra' (against) — the same 'contra' that gives us 'contrary' and 'contrast.' At its root, an encounter is literally a coming-against: two paths angled toward collision, not just two things politely arriving in the same place.
- origin
- from old french meaning against one another
- rpg term
- video games use it for scripted ambushes
- therapy sense
- group encounter sessions exposed raw emotion, 1960s fad
- close encounter
- borrowed the phrase for alien sightings, 1972