reincarnation

English Thesaurus

1. the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	theological doctrine,
definition	:	the doctrine of a religious group (noun.cognition)

2. a second or new birth (noun.event)

hypernym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

hyponym	:	transmigration,
definition	:	the passing of a soul into another body after death (noun.event)

hyponym	:	cycle of rebirth,
definition	:	(Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms (noun.event)

3. embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form) (noun.person)

hypernym	:	avatar, embodiment, incarnation,
definition	:	a new personification of a familiar idea (noun.person)

derivation	:	reincarnate, transmigrate,
definition	:	be born anew in another body after death (verb.stative)

derivation	:	reincarnate, transmigrate,
definition	:	be born anew in another body after death (verb.stative)

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