palingenesis
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
palingenesis
- (biology, obsolete or historical) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.
- (geology) The regeneration of magma by the melting of metamorphic rocks.
- (theology, philosophy) Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul.
- (more generally) Rebirth; regeneration.
- The recurrence of historical events in the same order in an infinite series of cycles.
- (biology) recapitulation
- (theology) metempsychosis
- Spanish: palingenesia
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