"metempsychosis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/ [UK] Forms: metempsychoses [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|LL.|metempsychosis}} Late Latin metempsychosis, {{der|en|grc-koi|μετεμψύχωσις}} Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|metempsychoses}} metempsychosis (countable and uncountable, plural metempsychoses)
  1. Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Transmigration of the soul): μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), تَنَاسُخ (tanāsuḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), metempsychose [feminine] (Dutch), zielsverhuizing [feminine] (Dutch), metempsikozo (Esperanto), metempsühhoos (Estonian), sielunvaellus (Finnish), métempsycose [feminine] (French), metempsicose [feminine] (Galician), მეტემფსიქოზი (meṭempsikozi) (Georgian), Metempsychose [feminine] (German), Seelenwanderung [feminine] (German), μετεμψύχωση (metempsýchosi) [feminine] (Greek), lélekvándorlás (Hungarian), metempsicosi [feminine] (Italian), 輪廻 (rinne) (alt: りんね) (Japanese), 영혼의 재생 (yeonghonui jaesaeng) (Korean), 윤회 (yunhoe) (Korean), sjelevandring (Norwegian), metempsychoza [feminine] (Polish), metempsicose [feminine] (Portuguese), метемпсихо́з (metɛmpsixóz) [masculine] (Russian), метемпсихоза [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), mitimpsicosi [feminine] (Sicilian), metempsicosis [feminine] (Spanish)

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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "word": "sjelevandring"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metempsychoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metempsicose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metɛmpsixóz",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "метемпсихо́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "метемпсихоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mitimpsicosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Transmigration of the soul",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metempsicosis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "metempsychosis"
}

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