transmogrification

trans·mog·ri·fy

T0322000 (trăns-mŏg′rə-fī′, trănz-) v. trans·mog·ri·fied, trans·mog·ri·fy·ing, trans·mog·ri·fies v. tr. To change thoroughly, as into a different shape or form. See Synonyms at convert. v. intr. To be thoroughly changed: "He couldn't figure out why his simple desires for competence and order so often seemed to transmogrify into anger" (Chris Bohjalian).

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trans·mog′ri·fi·ca′tion (-fĭ-kā′shən) n.

transmogrification

the process of complete and usually extreme or grotesque change from one state or form to another.See also: Change

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transmogrification - the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one); "the transmogrification of the prince into a porcupine"translation, transformation - the act of changing in form or shape or appearance; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface"

transmogrification

nounThe process or result of changing from one appearance, state, or phase to another:change, changeover, conversion, metamorphosis, mutation, shift, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmutation, transubstantiation.

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