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

The Metanoia, the re-directing of my thought, was a thorough and basic change.

From Project Gutenberg

I see no way out of all this except as one of us after another reaches the Metanoia, the new point of view as regards God.

From Project Gutenberg