metempsychosis

metempsychosis
[ˌmɛtɛmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs]
(pl. metempsychoses -siːz)

[mass noun]the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species
（灵魂的）转世，轮回

派生
metempsychosist
noun
metempsychotic
adjective
metempsychotically
adverb
语源

late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek metempsukhōsis, from meta- (expressing change) + en 'in' + psukhē 'soul'

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