Encounter may refer to:
In music:
- Encounter (album), a 1988 album by Michael Stearns
- Encounters (album), an album by Mal Waldron
- Place Vendôme (Swingle Singers with MJQ album) or Encounter
- Encounters, an album by Sylvan
In TV and film:
- Encounter (TV series), a 1958 CBC/ABC series
- Encounters (TV series), a TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena
- "The Encounter", a 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone
- Encounter, a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar
In ships:
- HMS Encounter (1873), a wooden screw corvette
- HMAS Encounter (1902), a Challenger class protected cruiser
- HMS Encounter (H10), an E class destroyer launched in 1934
In other uses:
- Encounter (psychology), an authentic, congruent meeting between individuals
- Encounter (game), an international network of active urban games
- Encounter (magazine), a literary magazine
- Encounters (anthology), a 2004 anthology of speculative fiction
Famous quotes containing the word encounter:
“Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives.”
—Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)
““We’ll encounter opposition, won’t we, if we give women the same education that we give to men,” Socrates says to Galucon. “For then we’d have to let women ... exercise in the company of men. And we know how ridiculous that would seem.” ... Convention and habit are women’s enemies here, and reason their ally.”
—Martha Nussbaum (b. 1947)
“As bees their sting, so the promiscuous leave behind them in each encounter something of themselves by which they are made to suffer.”
—Cyril Connolly (1903–1974)