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metempsychosis

American  
[muh-tem-suh-koh-sis, -temp-, met-uhm-sahy-] / məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ sɪs, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ- /

noun

plural

metempsychoses

  1. the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.

metempsychosis British  
/ ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. the migration of a soul from one body to another

  2. the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form

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Other Word Forms

  • metempsychic adjective
  • metempsychosic adjective
  • metempsychosical adjective
  • metempsychosist noun

Etymology

Origin of metempsychosis

1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to metempsȳchō-, variant stem of metempsȳchoûsthai to pass from one body into another ( met-, em- 2, psycho- ) + -sis -sis

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