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
They had preserved their character, whereas Gamelin believed in a Revolutionary palingenesis.
From The Gods are Athirst by Jackson, Emilie
His acquaintance with the family dated from their social palingenesis, when, after obscure prosperity in a southern suburb, they fluttered to the northern heights, and were observed of the paragraphists.
From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George
Mary had heard, and in the palingenesis disclosed she saw space wrapped in a luminous atmosphere, such as she fancied lay behind the sun.
From Mary Magdalen by Saltus, Edgar
After having spoken of natural palingenesis, he concludes—"And thus we see how little cause there is to attribute these appearances to the return of souls to earth, or to demons, as do some ignorant persons."
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
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