reincarnation

Plural: reincarnations

Noun

• embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
  • "his reincarnation as a lion"
• a second or new birth
• 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
• A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
• A fresh embodiment.
• A new, considerably improved, version.

Examples

• a reincarnation of an old video game
• Do you believe in reincarnation?
• He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus.

Synonyms

rebirth, renascence, gilgul, rebirth (1, and to some extent 2), reembodiment, reincarnation

Related Words

carnal, incarnation, rebirth, reincarnate, reincarnated, transmigration