metempsychosis

me·tem·psy·cho·sis  (m-tms-kss, mtm-s-)

n. pl. me·tem·psy·cho·ses (-sz)

Reincarnation.

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[Late Latin metempschsis, from Greek metempskhsis, from metempskhousthai, to transmigrate : meta-, meta- + empskhos, animate (en, in; see en-² + pskh, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots).]

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metempsychosis

1. the passage of a soul from one body to another.
2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body, either human or animal. Cf. creationism. — metempsychic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, adj.

See also: Soul

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metempsychosis - after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body rebirth phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning