reincarnation

noun

re·​in·​car·​na·​tion ˌrē-(ˌ)in-(ˌ)kär-ˈnā-shən 

1

a

: the action of reincarnating : the state of being reincarnated

b

: rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

especially : a rebirth of a soul in a new human body

2

: a fresh embodiment

Examples of reincarnation in a Sentence

Many people believe in reincarnation.

Recent Examples on the Web

And Farage’s Reform U.K., which emerged in 2021 as a reincarnation of his previous political outfits, the Brexit Party and the U.K. Independence Party, managed to secure at least four seats—a record for a new party—putting them on par with the Greens. —Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 5 July 2024

There is already a dispute over who is the rightful Panchen Lama, the second-most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, after the Dalai Lama and the officially atheist Chinese government identified two different people as reincarnations in 1995. —Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 June 2024

Lulu Wang remembers Nicole Kidman spiraling down a psychological rabbit hole in Jonathan Glazer’s 2004 dream-like masterpiece Birth where a woman believes that a 10-year-old boy is the reincarnation of her dead husband. —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 14 June 2024

And the one where Joker is named the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama will probably be ignored. —Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

reincarnation

noun

re·​in·​car·​na·​tion (ˌ)rē-ˌin-ˌkär-ˈnā-shən 

1

: the action of reincarnating : the state of being reincarnated

2

: rebirth in new bodies or forms of life

especially : a rebirth of a soul in a new human body