transmigration

[trans-mahy-grey-shuhn, tranz-]

noun

1. the act of transmigrating.

2. the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmigration¹

1250–1300; Middle English transmigracion < Late Latin trānsmigrātiōn- (stem of trānsmigrātiō ) removal. See trans-, migration

Example Sentences

Musicologists have discovered the origin of the rhythmic patterns of what became this Baroque era vehicle for the transmigration of souls in dances carried by enslaved Africans to 16th century Spain.

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Even if you don't believe in transmigration, it is still possible that transmigration is true.

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He had forgotten the names of some of his dogs, she said, and where his bedroom was, but “we had this high-level conversation about the transmigration of souls.”

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Knausgaard chews on notions of faith, free will, the transmigration of souls, the nature of angels, on meaning and nothingness in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche and Rilke’s poetry.

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His search for self and spiritual transmigration led to his downfall and has to become a cautionary tale.

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