word
Reincarnation
Ree-ih-nkah-RNAY-shuhn
/ˌriːɪnkɑːˈrneɪʃʌn/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
reincarnation
Dictionary meaning
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.
Examples
- The criminal's reincarnation as a rabbit was quite puzzling.
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