metempsychosis

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Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death

Hers was a metempsychosis of novelty, her mind a vapid thing until animated by the next absolute conviction.

transition of the soul of a human being at death into another body, whether human or beast
The passage of a soul from one body to another
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
{i} reincarnation, movement of a soul from one body to another
after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
metempsychosis

    Hyphenation

    me·tem·psy·cho·sis

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Late Latin, from Greek μετεμψύχωσις (μετα- + εν ‘in’ + ψυχή ‘soul’).
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