metempsychosis
/ˌmetempsɪˈkəʊsɪs/noun
(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。
派生词
metempsychosist
nounmetempsychotic
adjectivemetempsychotically
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: via late Latin from Greek metempsukhōsis, from meta- (expressing change) + en 'in' + psukhē 'soul'.