metempsychosis

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metempsychosis

  • /mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/ UK

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From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).

noun metempsychoses

  1. countable, uncountable Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. Pythagoras borrowed Metempsychosis of the Ægyptians, but since, it hath been received of divers Nations, and especially of our Druides[…].

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noun Transmigration of the soul

Españolmetempsicosis
한국어영혼의 재생 yeonghonui jaesaeng, 윤회 yunhoe
日本語輪廻 rinne
Portuguêsmetempsicose
Françaismétempsycose
DeutschMetempsychose, Seelenwanderung
Italianometempsicosi
Ελληνικάμετεμψύχωση metempsýchosi
Русскийметемпсихо́з metɛmpsixóz
العربيةتَنَاسُخ tanāsuḵ

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"metempsychosis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/metempsychosis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{metempsychosis_2026,
  title = {metempsychosis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/metempsychosis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}