Transmigration

Quick meaning: Transmigration is a noun meaning Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.

Meaning

Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.

More Meanings

1. A change from one state of existence to another.
2. The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous)

Any great change is like cold water in winter—one shrinks from the first plunge; and a lover may be excused who shivers a little at the transmigration into a husband.

To the strength and fierceness of barbarians they [the Dacians] added a contempt for life, which was derived from a warm persuasion of the immortality and transmigration of the soul.

The curioſity of the lady was highly inflamed, to know the hiſtory of the parrot's tranſmigration, which ſhe intreated the bird with all her eloquence to relate; but he preſented a deaf ear to her importunity, and, like a painted nightingale, remained ſilent.

Word Forms

• transmigrations

Synonyms for transmigration

Depending on context, synonyms include metempsychosis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include migration, emigration, relocation, displacement, rotation, reincarnation.

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