palingenesis
Americannoun
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rebirth; regeneration.
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Biology.
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embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.
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Obsolete. the supposed generation of organisms from others preformed in the germ cells.
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baptism in the Christian faith.
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the doctrine of transmigration of souls.
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Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism
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biology another name for recapitulation
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Etymology
Origin of palingenesis
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pálin again + génesis genesis
Example Sentences
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The plot is a palingenesis of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two portions she designates, the Telemachiad and the Ulyssiad, which really belong together, showing the spiritual palingenesis, or internal renovation of son and father ere they proceed to the renovation of their country.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
The palingenesis of Leroux or Fourier removes the radical injustice.
From The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)
They inspire him with strong fancies of palingenesis, of the illusion of death, of the continuity of life.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
The idea of palingenesis appears to have no little significance for the existence of the homunculus production.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
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