transmigration
Americannoun
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the act of transmigrating.
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the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.
Etymology
Origin of transmigration
1250–1300; Middle English transmigracion < Late Latin trānsmigrātiōn- (stem of trānsmigrātiō ) removal. See trans-, migration
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025
The thought behind Pythagoras' transmigration view is that humans and animals are alike.
From Salon • Nov. 27, 2024
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.”
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022
Pythagoreans also believed in the transmigration of souls, an idea that Plato would adopt.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
This belief in transmigration, though not general, has been found among individuals in almost all tribes.
From Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions by Nassau, Robert Hamill
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