pal·in·gen·e·sis

(păl′ĭn-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)

n. pl. pal·in·gen·e·ses (-sēz′)

1. The doctrine of transmigration of souls; metempsychosis.

2. The supposed repetition by an organism during its embryonic development of the stages in the evolution of its species, as asserted by the discredited biogenetic law.

[Greek palin, again; see k^wel- in Indo-European roots + -genesis.]

pal′in·ge·net′ic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk) adj.

pal′in·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.

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palingenesis

(ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) ,

palingenesia

palingenesy

n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism

2. (Biology) biology another name for recapitulation²

[C19: from Greek palin again + genesis birth, genesis]

palingenetic, palingenetical adj

ˌpalingeˈnetically adv

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pal•in•gen•e•sis

(ˌpæl ɪnˈdʒɛn ə sɪs)

n.

1. rebirth; regeneration.

a. embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.

b. a former theory that organisms are generated from other organisms preformed in the germ cells.

3. the doctrine of transmigration of souls.

[1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pálin again + génesis genesis]

pal`in•ge•net′ic (-dʒəˈnɛt ɪk) adj.

palingenesis

1. partial or complete regeneration.
2. the doctrine that a soul passes through several bodies in a series of rebirths. Also palingenesia, palingenesy. — palingenetic, adj.

See also: Baptism

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

palingenesis - emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species

recapitulation

growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

caenogenesis, cainogenesis, cenogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis - introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution)

Translations

palingenesi

palingenesia

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