ECT

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ECT (countable and uncountable, plural ECTs)

  1. (medicine) Initialism of electroconvulsive therapy.
  2. (theology, uncountable) Initialism of endless/eternal/everlasting conscious torment (traditional view of the nature of Hell).
    • 2015, Jeremy Jernigan, Redeeming Pleasure: How the Pursuit of Pleasure Mirrors Our Hunger for God, Hachette, →ISBN:
      The traditional ECT view of hell combines an eternal life-sentence while also adding to that a perpetual torture at the same time.

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