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Etymology
Late Latin, from Greek με�εμ�����ι� (με�α- + εν �in� + ���ή �soul�).
Pronunciation
IPA: /m�t�mps�ɪ'k��sɪs/
Noun
en-noun|pl=metempsychoses
- Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.
#:*1922: 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
#:*1963: 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, V.
#:*1993: Hers was a metempsychosis of novelty, her mind a vapid thing until animated by the next absolute conviction. � Will Self, My Idea of Fun
Translations
trans-top|Transmigration of the soul
Finnish: sielunvaellus
Japanese: rin'ne; 輪廻
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