Encounter
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Encounter may refer to:
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In psychology:
- Encounter (psychology)Encounter (psychology)The term "encounter", in the context of existential-humanism , has the specific meaning of an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals.-Examples:Some uses of the concept of encountering:...
, an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals - Encounter group, a form of group psychotherapy
In games:
- Encounter (game)Encounter (game)Encounter is an international network of active urban games.Also known as "Схватка" – the game that gave birth to this project.- Project history :...
, an international network of active urban games - Random encounterRandom encounterA random encounter is a feature commonly used in various role-playing games whereby encounters with non-player character enemies or other dangers occur sporadically and at random...
, a feature in role-playing and video games - Cosmic EncounterCosmic EncounterCosmic Encounter is a science fiction-themed strategy board game, designed by "Future Pastimes" and originally published by Eon Games in 1977...
, a science fiction-themed strategy board game
In music:
- Encounter (album)Encounter (album)Encounter is an album by Michael Stearns, released in 1988.Subtitled A Journey in the Key of Space, it's a collection of peaceful instrumental pieces, weaving synthesizers and various background sounds...
, a 1988 album of space music (sub-genre of New Age) by Michael Stearns - Encounter, aka Place VendômePlace Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album)Place Vendôme is an album released by the Swingle Singers performing with the Modern Jazz Quartet...
, a 1966 Swingle Singers album with the Modern Jazz Quartet - Encounters (album)Encounters (album)Encounters is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron and bassist David Friesen recorded in 1984 and released by the Muse label.-Reception:...
, a jazz album by pianist Mal WaldronMal WaldronMalcolm Earl Waldron was an American jazz and world music pianist and composer, born in New York City.Like his contemporaries, Waldron's roots lie chiefly in the hard bop and post-bop genres of the New York club scene of the 1950s; but with time, he gravitated more towards free jazz and composition... - Encounters, a progressive rock album by German group SylvanSylvanSylvan, Silvan or Sylvian refers to an association with the woods. Specifically, that which inhabits the wood, is made of tree materials, or comprises the forest itself. The term can also refer to a person who resides in the woods or a spirit of the wood...
In TV and film:
- EncounterEncounter (TV series)Encounter is a five-week anthology television series aired from Toronto, Canada, and carried by both the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and ABC from October 5 to November 2, 1958.The one-hour dramas were either romance, adventure, or mystery stories...
, a Canadian Broadcasting CorporationCanadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
and American Broadcasting CompanyAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
joint venture of dramatic teleplays which ran for five episodes in the fall of 1958. - Encounters (TV series)Encounters (TV series)Encounters: The Hidden Truth was an hour-long TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena. The format featured a host and a team of reporters presenting 3 or 4 stories per episode dealing with UFOs, crop circles, exorcism, prophets, psychics, reincarnation, and other...
, a TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena - "The EncounterThe Encounter"The Encounter" is an episode of the American television series The Twilight Zone. First broadcast May 1, 1964, its racial overtones caused it to be withheld from syndication in the US.-Synopsis:...
", a 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone - Brief EncounterBrief EncounterBrief Encounter is a 1945 British film directed by David Lean about the conventions of British suburban life, centring on a housewife for whom real love brings unexpectedly violent emotions. The film stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey...
, a 1945 British film - Random Encounter (film), a 1998 film
- Encounter, a 1997 Indian film directed by Nimmala Shankar
Other uses:
- Encounter (magazine)Encounter (magazine)Encounter was a literary magazine, founded in 1953 by poet Stephen Spender and early neoconservative author Irving Kristol. The magazine ceased publication in 1991...
, a literary magazine - Encounter (Christian event)Encounter (Christian event)Encounter is a Christian conference event that takes place each year in Preston, Lancashire in the United Kingdom.It was started in the late 1990s by a group of Lancashire based Christians from various evangelical churches with the aim of bringing Christians together for teaching, worship and...
, an annual Christian worship event in Preston, UK - Encounters (anthology), a 2004 anthology of speculative fiction
- Encounter killing, a type of extrajudicial killing in which police kill alleged criminals in gun battles
- Close encounterClose encounterIn ufology, a close encounter is an event in which a person witnesses an unidentified flying object. This terminology and the system of classification behind it was started by astronomer and UFO researcher J. Allen Hynek, and was first suggested in his 1972 book The UFO Experience: A Scientific...
, a claimed UFO sighting - Encounter BayEncounter BayEncounter Bay is located on the south central coast of South Australia, some 100 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after the encounter on 8 April 1802 between Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin, both of whom were charting the Australian coastline for their respective countries...
, a bay in South Australia