metempsychosis

[muh-tem-suh-koh-sis, -temp-, met-uhm-sahy-]

noun

plural

metempsychoses 

1. 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.

metempsychosis

/ ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs /

noun

1. the migration of a soul from one body to another

2. the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form

Other Word Forms

• metempsychic adjective
• metempsychosic adjective
• metempsychosical adjective
• metempsychosist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of metempsychosis¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of metempsychosis¹

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

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