re·in·car·na·tion

(rē′ĭn-kär-nā′shən)

1. Rebirth of the soul in another human or nonhuman body.

2. A reappearance or revitalization in another form; a new embodiment: "The brownstone had already endured one reincarnation: In the 1940's, it was converted into eight studio apartments" (Ben Lloyd).

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reincarnation

(ˌriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən)

1. (Theology) the belief that on the death of the body the soul transmigrates to or is born again in another body

2. (Theology) the incarnation or embodiment of a soul in a new body after it has left the old one at physical death

3. embodiment again in a new form, as of a principle or idea

ˌreincarˈnationist n, adj

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re•in•car•na•tion

(ˌri ɪn kɑrˈneɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the belief that the soul, upon death of the body, comes back to earth in another body or form.

2. rebirth of the soul in a new body.

3. a new incarnation or embodiment, as of a person.

[1855–60]

re`in•car•na′tion•ist, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	reincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion" avatar, embodiment, incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
	2.	reincarnation - a second or new birth rebirth, renascence nascence, nascency, nativity, birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child" transmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after death cycle of rebirth - (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
	3.	reincarnation - the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group

reincarnation

noun rebirth, metempsychosis, transmigration of souls Many African tribes believe in reincarnation.

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Translations

تناسُخ، تَقَمُّص

převtělení

reinkarnation

reinkarnáció

endurholdgun

reincarnazione

reinkarnacija

gjenfødelse reinkarnasjon

prevtelenie

ölümden sonra yeni bir bedende doğma

再投胎再生转世

reincarnation

[ˈriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən] N → reencarnación f

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reincarnation

[ˌriːɪnkɑː^rˈneɪʃ^ən] n

(= rebirth) → réincarnation f

(= reborn spirit) [person, animal] → réincarnation f

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reincarnation

n → die Wiedergeburt, die Reinkarnation

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reincarnation

[ˌriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃ/ən] n → reincarnazione f

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reincarnation

(riːinkaːˈneiʃən) noun

the rebirth of the soul in another body after death.

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I do believe that it is the possession of this other-personality--but not so strong a one as mine--that has in some few others given rise to belief in personal reincarnation experiences.

It is not reincarnation. I have visions of myself roaming through the forests of the Younger World; and yet it is not myself that I see but one that is only remotely a part of me, as my father and my grandfather are parts of me less remote.

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I am one of those fortunate persons, you see, who have realized an actual reincarnation. I have the advantage of having looked out upon life from two different sets of windows.--By the bye, Aynesworth, have you noticed that unwholesome-looking youth in a serge suit there?"

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He had looked forward, with more anticipation than even he himself had realized, to the thrill which he had supposed fatherhood would bring, taking it entirely for granted that he would feel a bond with this small reincarnation of his own being, but after the first week of attempting to get interested in the unresponsive bundle that was his son, he decided the idea of a baby had certainly signified in his mind emotions which this tiny, troublesome creature, with a voice like a small-sized foghorn, did not cause to materialize.

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A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation. The fellow is a Baskerville--that is evident."

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Just to have seen him there, lolling upon the swaying bough of the jungle-forest giant, his brown skin mottled by the brilliant equatorial sunlight which percolated through the leafy canopy of green above him, his clean-limbed body relaxed in graceful ease, his shapely head partly turned in contemplative absorption and his intelligent, gray eyes dreamily devouring the object of their devotion, you would have thought him the reincarnation of some demigod of old.

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Later, Thuran also found it necessary to construct a similar primitive garment, so that, with their bare legs and heavily bearded faces, they looked not unlike reincarnations of two prehistoric progenitors of the human race.

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Reincarnation occurred with strangers who had become physically estranged from the kin group of their birth, and were therefore free to take on the social identity of a deceased man of the same age.

Note on the reincarnation beliefs of the Gumini people of the Simbu province of Papua New Guinea

Fursey spoke on the "Reincarnation of a Pressure Screen" at the Georgia Pacific Green Bay West mill.

Lake States TAPPI--winter meeting

"President Vladimir Putin agreed [on November 26th] to reinstate the Soviet-era Red Star as the Russian military's official emblem -- in the latest reincarnation of Communist symbols that has sparked fears of a return to the repressive past," reported AP Moscow correspondent Vladimir Isachenkov.

Russia's Communist renaissance. (Insider Report)

The slaughtered were buried in mass graves near the "killing fields," and not cremated as is normal Buddhist practice; as a result, they were denied their faith's promise of reincarnation. Beyond illuminating the obvious paradoxes represented by the Khmer Rouge's photographs, Matthews' film constitutes a sincere attempt to create a modest form of cinematic remembrance, perhaps even reincarnation.

Devouring Buddha. (Short Takes)

Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation, and Immortality.

Goswami, Amit, Ph.D. 2001. Physics of the Soul: The Quantum Book of Living, Dying, Reincarnation, and Immortality