reincarnationistn.
/ˌriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌriːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃənɪst/, /ˌriːɪŋkɑːˈneɪʃn̩ɪst/, /ˌriːɪŋkɑːˈneɪʃənɪst/, U.S. /ˈˌriᵻnˌkɑrˈneɪʃənəst/, /ˈˌriᵻŋˌkɑrˈneɪʃənəst/ A believer in reincarnation.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [noun] > belief in or doctrine of > person
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reincarnationist1881
1881 Daily News 28 Mar. 5/3 The re-incarnationists holding..that there was nothing to prevent Queen Elizabeth becoming Charles Dickens.
1907 Washington Post 7 Apr. 10/6 Certain reincarnationists go so far as to declare that they could not give their true age, even under oath, not knowing how many lives they have already experienced.
1999 L. Kennedy All in Mind iv. 75 I have always found it strange that these glib prophets of a life after death have never expressed a belief in a life before birth (apart, of course, from the reincarnationists).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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