| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| metempsychosis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | me·tem·psy·cho·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: | m -t m s -k s s, m t m-s - |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. me·tem·psy·cho·ses (-s z) Reincarnation. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin metemps ch sis, from Greek metemps kh sis, from metemps khousthai, to transmigrate : meta-, meta- + emps khos, animate ( en, in; see en2 + ps kh , soul; see bhes- in Appendix I).
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