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

In a visually luscious tapestry from his “Transmigration Series,” undulating surges of color that slide between burgundy and ruby-red form the ground for a cascade of small crimson bow-tie shapes, tumbling across the field like seeds scattered in the wind.

From Los Angeles Times

The solemn and gorgeous 20th is a Glass masterpiece that abstractly mirrors the music to Godfrey Reggio’s 2013 film “Visitors,” a series of small portraits that, with the help of Glass’ score, becomes a kind of cinematic transmigration of their souls.

From Los Angeles Times

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

He is known for his operas, including “Nixon in China” and “The Death of Klinghoffer,” and won a Pulitzer for “On the Transmigration of Souls,” a reflection on the Sept. 11 attacks.

From New York Times

The fisherman happens to be named Hernán, and the possibility that he and the sound engineer are the same person — or alternate versions thereof — would hardly be out of place in Weerasethakul’s cinematic universe, where the transmigration of souls is a given.

From Los Angeles Times