noun
metempsychosis
Metempsychosis (noun) means the idea that a person's soul moves into a new body after death.
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The idea that a person's soul moves into a new body after death.
"To go along assuming that Victoria the girl tourist and Veronica the sewer rat were one and the same V. was not at all to bring up any metempsychosis: only to affirm that his quarry fitted in with The Big One, the century’s master cabal."
— Thomas Pynchon (1963)
"Metempsychosis, he said, is what the ancient Greeks called it. They used to believe you could be changed into an animal or a tree, for instance. What they called nymphs, for example."
— James Joyce, Ulysses (1922)
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Etymology
Came from Late Latin metempsychosis, which derived from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
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Rhymes for metempsychosis
meiosis
mitosis
osmosis
stenosis
acidosis
zoonosis
cyanosis
necrosis
neurosis
hypnosis
fibrosis
silicosis
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Frequently asked questions
What is the meaning of metempsychosis?
"metempsychosis" (noun) means the idea that a person's soul moves into a new body after death.
What is another word for metempsychosis?
Other words for "metempsychosis" include rebirth.
