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metem·psy·cho·sis
\məˌtem(p)sə̇ˈkōsə̇s, ˌmed.ˌemˌsīˈk-, -d.ə̇mˌsīˈk-\ noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek metempsychōsis, from metempsychousthai to undergo metempsychosis, from meta- + empsychos animate, from em- en- + psychē soul, spirit
: the passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal : transmigration of souls
< could remember all the previous lives in his metempsychoses — Erwin Schrödinger >
— contrasted with metensomatosis |