metanoia

[ met-uh-noi-uh ]

noun

1. a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metanoia¹

1870–75; < Greek metánoia change of mind, repentance; meta-, -noia

Example Sentences

And the word in Greek is metanoia, and it’s worth looking into the root meanings here.

From Salon

The season is a passage, moving us from paranoia to metanoia, from being literally out of our own minds to being reconciled with our true minds through repentance.

From New York Times