Dictionary

transmigration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌtɹænz.mɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
• /ˌtɹænz.maɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ (US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmigrātiō.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Departure from one's homeland to live in another country; migration.
2. (countable, uncountable) A change from one state of existence to another.
   • 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. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 109:
3. (countable, uncountable) The movement of a soul from one body to another after death.
   • Near-synonyms: metempsychosis, reincarnation (both broadly synonymous)
   • 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. 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 12:
   • 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. 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt i:

Forms

Deriveds

transmigrational

Relateds

transmigrable · transmigrant · transmigratory · transmigrate · transmigrator

Synonyms

metempsychosis · reincarnation[Appendix:Glossary

Translations (42)

sv transmigration (departure) · ga athchollúchas (movement of a soul) · fi sielunvaellus (movement of a soul) · cmn 移居 (departure) · eo animomigrado (movement of a soul) · ga trasimirce (departure) · bo ཕོ (movement of a soul) · cmn 輪迴 /轮回 (movement of a soul) · grc μετεμψύχωσις (movement of a soul) · ja 転生 (movement of a soul) · la trānsmigrātiō (departure) · la trānsmigrātiō (movement of a soul) · bg превъплъщение (movement of a soul) · km ចំណាកស្រុក (departure) · el μετεμψύχωση (movement of a soul) · gl transmigración (movement of a soul) · es transmigración (movement of a soul) · el αποδημία (departure) · km សង្សារ (movement of a soul) · vi luân hồi (movement of a soul) · eo transmigrado (departure) · la metensōmatōsis (movement of a soul) · el μετανάστευση (departure) · eo metempsikozo (movement of a soul) · eo transmigrado (movement of a soul) · bg преселване (departure) · grc μεταγγισμός (movement of a soul) · ga imaistriú (departure) · ru трансмигра́ция (departure) · es migración (departure) · grc μετενσωμάτωσις (movement of a soul) · sv själavandring (movement of a soul) · cmn 轉世 /转世 (movement of a soul) · la metempsȳchōsis (movement of a soul) · fr transmigration (movement of a soul) · fr transmigration (departure) · id transmigrasi (departure) · cmn 移民 (departure) · ar تَنَاسُخ الْأَرْوَاح (movement of a soul) · fi muutto toiseen maahan (departure) · ga anamimirce (movement of a soul) · ja 転生 (movement of a soul)