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metempsychosis

[ muh-tem-suh-koh-sis, -temp-, met-uh m-sahy- ]
/ məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ sɪs, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ- /
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noun, plural me·tem·psy·cho·ses [muh-tem-suh-koh-seez, -temp-, met-uh m-sahy-] /məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ siz, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ-/.

the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.

RELATED WORDS

recovery, revival, renewal, renaissance, restoration, rejuvenation, comeback, rehabilitation, regeneration, resurrection, reincarnation, awakening, renascence, revivification, transmigration, reawakening

Nearby words

metchnikoff, mete, metecdysis, metempirical, metempirics, metempsychosis, metencephalon, metenkephalin, meteor, meteor shower, meteor swarm

Origin of metempsychosis

1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to metempsȳchō-, variant stem of metempsȳchoûsthai to pass from one body into another (see met-, em-2, psycho-) + -sis -sis

Related forms

met·em·psy·chic [met-uh m-sahy-kik] /ˌmɛt əmˈsaɪ kɪk/, me·tem·psy·cho·sic, me·tem·psy·cho·si·cal, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for metempsychosis

metempsychosis

/ (ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

the migration of a soul from one body to another
the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form

Derived Forms

metempsychosist, noun

Word Origin for metempsychosis

C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from metempsukhousthai, from meta- + -em- in + psukhē soul
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