metempsychosis

Noun

Meaning

The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rebirth renaissance reformation avatar transfiguration catalysis renascence conversion recovery migration restoration revival resurrection expulsion renewal

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Antonyms

death stay decline conclusion suicide deterioration

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Hypernyms

phenomenon

Derivatives

metempsychoses

Examples

Saadia Gaon, in Emunoth ve-Deoth (Hebrew: "beliefs and opinions") concludes Section VI with a refutation of the doctrine of metempsychosis (reincarnation). Source: Internet

Guy de Maupassant 's story "Le docteur Héraclius Gloss" (1875) is a fable about metempsychosis. Source: Internet

Herbert Giles uses the term metempsychosis in his translation of the butterfly dream from the Zhuangzi (book) (《莊子》). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

metempsychoses metempsychosic metempsychosical metempsychosist metempsychosize metempsychotic