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

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

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.

From New York Times

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

From Los Angeles Times

“Infinite” may last a finite 106 minutes, but transmigration of souls or no transmigration of souls, life is too short.

From Los Angeles Times

The telescope itself provides a form of space travel; as Hooke put it, a ‘transmigration into heaven, even whil’st we remain here upon earth in the flesh’.

From Literature