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Reincarnation Person Rebirth Bodies Forms Life Born Death

word reincarnation
definition (1) Rebirth in new bodies or forms of life. (2) Someone who has been born again with a new body after death.
eg_sentence Even as a child he struck everyone as a reincarnation of his grandfather, not in his features but in his manner and personality.
explanation It's easy to make fun of people who claim to be the reincarnation of Cleopatra or Napoleon, but they don't come from a culture that takes reincarnation seriously. In Hindu belief, a person must pass through a series of reincarnations—some of which may be as insects or fish—before fully realizing that the bodily pleasures are shallow and that only spiritual life is truly valuable; only then do the reincarnations cease. For Hindus, an “old soul” is a person who seems unusually wise from early in life, and whose wisdom must have come from passing through many reincarnations
IPA ˌriɪnkɑrˈneɪʃən

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