Reincarnation

nounid 121757·updated May 18, 2026

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the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions

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synonym: rebirth
plural: Reincarnations
possessive: Reincarnation's
pluralpossessive: Reincarnations'

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§1: the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions
§2: a second or new birth
§3: embodiment in a new form, usually speaking of the reappearance of a person in another form

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