reincarnationn.
/ˌriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn/, /ˌriːɪŋkɑːˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌriᵻnˌkɑrˈneɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌriᵻŋˌkɑrˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ 1.
a. Renewed incarnation; the rebirth of a soul in a new body or form; an instance of this. Cf. metempsychosis n.Reincarnation occurs as a belief or doctrine in some religions.
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the world > life > the body > [noun] > renewed incarnation
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [noun]
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [noun] > instance of
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1845 Biblical Repertory Jan. 172 Thus, in the appropriate phenomena of a material body, [the Lord] gives and professes to give his friends the true sensible proofs of his re-incarnation.
1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. iii. 273 The Essenes..rejected totally..the dogma concerning re-incarnation.
1884 G. H. Pember Earth's Earliest Ages Pref. 7 Sin must be gradually worn away..in a series of reincarnations upon earth.
1933 E. J. Thomas Hist. Buddhist Thought ix. 110 Several modifications were introduced by the Buddhists into the Hindu doctrine of reincarnation.
1972 A. Tyler Clock Winder iii. 62 I probably would be there still, if my father didn't get so het up about reincarnation.
1981 Search for Liberation (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) p. viii The last section..scientifically explains the nature of the soul and the process of reincarnation.
2002 P. V. Bohlman World Music i. 11 In Hindu writings she represents an ontology of human understanding, vidyā , that allows the human to transcend the cycle of reincarnation.
b. A fresh embodiment of a person; a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn.
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the world > life > the body > [noun] > fresh embodiment
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [noun] > fresh embodiment of person
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1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil i. 15 The feeling of conscious beauty so long forgotten, stole back into her veins like the reincarnation of a departed spirit.
1884 St. James's Gaz. 29 Aug. 5/2 The Imam is supposed to be a reincarnation of a divinity formerly manifest in Mahomet.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Jan. 27/4 The mainly Pön Oracles..are consulted in such matters as the discovery of the reincarnation of a deceased Dalai Lama.
1966 Lama A. Govinda Way of White Clouds 163 Also the young Tulku was the reincarnation of one of the ancient Siddhas.
2006 New Yorker 28 Aug. 80/2 Dr. Dahesh was the reincarnation of Christ. So he said.
2. In extended use: the action or result of returning in another form or guise; a revival, rebirth, or reinvention.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] > operation of > afresh
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1897 W. Sharp & E. Rhys in Libr. World's Best Lit. XIX. 10874 We have references to it in eleventh-century MSS., as well as in nineteenth-century reprints; and in its most recent reincarnation in modern Irish poetry.
1943 Crisis July 200/1 I suppose you have been reading about the birth of the storm troopers in Los Angeles, the reincarnation, or rather I should say, the continuation of the vigilantes, the uniformed Klansmen.
1989 W. Adams & J. W. Brock Dangerous Pursuits iv. xiii. 161 Coalition capitalism and ‘industrial policy’ are modern-day reincarnations of the economic syndicalism that was temporarily fashionable in the 1930s.
2006 Managem. Today Jan. 84/1 Before his reincarnation as a coach, he ran a couple of highly successful companies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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