🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

reincarnazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: re.in.kar.naˈt͡sjo.ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Reincarnation/ˌriː.ɪn.kɑːrˈneɪ.ʃən/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La reincarnazione è un concetto chiave in molte filosofie orientali."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new physical body.

    "Many Eastern traditions hold a deep belief in reincarnation and the cycle of karma."
  2. 2

    A new embodiment, manifestation, or version of someone or something that previously existed.

    "The historic jazz club opened last night in its newest reincarnation downtown."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin ecclesiastical word 'reincarnatio', formed from the prefix 're-' (again) and 'in-' (into) combined with 'caro' (flesh). Entering English in the 19th century via French and occult philosophy, the term originally denoted the theological concept of the soul returning to inhabit a new physical body after death.

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