(ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs), palingenesia (ˌpælɪndʒəˈniːzɪə) or archaic, rare palingenesy (ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ses (-ˌsiːz), -sias or -sies
1. Christianity
spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism
2. biology another name for recapitulation (sense 2)
Derived forms
palingenetic (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪk) or palingenetical (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪkəl)
adjective
palingenetically (ˌpalingeˈnetically)
adverb
Word origin
C19: from Greek palin again + genesis birth, genesis
palingenesis in American English
(ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnəsɪs)
noun
1.
a new birth; regeneration
2.
metempsychosis
3.
that phase in the development of an individual plant or animal which theoretically repeats the evolutionary history of the taxonomic group to which it belongs; recapitulation
see also cenogenesis
Derived forms
palingenetic (ˌpalingeˈnetic) (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
ModL < Gr palin, again (see palindrome) + genesis, birth, genesis)