reincarnation

From reincarnate +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪŋkɑː(ɹ)ˈneɪʃən/

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

reincarnation (countable and uncountable, plural reincarnations)

1. A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.

   He is believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus.

   Do you believe in reincarnation?

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A fresh embodiment.
3. A new, considerably improved, version.

   a reincarnation of an old video game

• rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)
• (fresh embodiment): reembodiment

• reincarnationism
• reincarnationist

• carnal
• incarnation
• reincarnate
• reincarnated

• rebirth
• transmigration

• “reincarnation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.