as in transformation
a change in form, appearance, or use
after his transfiguration into a Buddhist monk, all his family and friends were amazed by his newly found patience and tranquility
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Recent Examples of transfiguration
McGonagall is a transfiguration professor, but also the head of Gryffindor House and deputy headmistress under Albus Dumbledore.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
McTeer is a Tony, Golden Globe and Olivier winner, and an Oscar and Emmy nominee who takes over the role of McGonagall, the transfiguration teacher made famous by Maggie Smith and Fiona Glascott in the Fantastic Beasts films.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
His way of moving, almost too smooth for the rough world that his character is forced into, goes beyond technique into transfiguration.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Smith introduced herself to a new generation of moviegoers in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as Professor Minerva McGonagall: no-nonsense transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, Hogwarts headmistress.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
McTeer is a Tony, Golden Globe and Olivier winner, and an Oscar and Emmy nominee who takes over the role of McGonagall, the transfiguration teacher made famous by Maggie Smith and Fiona Glascott in the Fantastic Beasts films.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
His way of moving, almost too smooth for the rough world that his character is forced into, goes beyond technique into transfiguration.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
Smith introduced herself to a new generation of moviegoers in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as Professor Minerva McGonagall: no-nonsense transfiguration teacher, head of Gryffindor house and, later, Hogwarts headmistress.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transfiguration
Noun
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Fiction thrives on change, and what bigger, more painful transformation is there than becoming a teenager?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The definition of transformation is exactly that—caterpillars becoming butterflies.—
Nigel Vaz,
Fortune,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The feds in the last couple years began targeting websites, businesses and individuals who were selling, importing, and exporting machine gun conversion devices.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2026
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Hailing from Peking University, the researchers combined two novel devices to match the frequency conversion into a multi-physics-domain architecture.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Transfiguration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transfiguration. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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