palingenesis

American  

[pal-in-jen-uh-sis] / ˌpæl ɪnˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

noun

1. rebirth; regeneration.

2. Biology.

   1. embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.

   2. Obsolete. the supposed generation of organisms from others preformed in the germ cells.

3. baptism in the Christian faith.

4. the doctrine of transmigration of souls.

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palingenesis British  

/ ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs /

noun

1. Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism

2. biology another name for recapitulation

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Other Word Forms

• palingenesian
  adjective
• palingenetic
  adjective
• palingenetically
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of palingenesis

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pálin again + génesis genesis

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Example Sentences

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palingenesis

The plot is a palingenesis of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Smith Ely Jelliffe

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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

Under palingenesis we count those facts of embryology that we can directly regard as a faithful synopsis of the corresponding stem-history.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

I went to Lord C——: I said, 'I will go back and see the palingenesis of my country; I will see what they are doing, now the French are in the dust.'

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley

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