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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin metempsychōsis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /metembsiˈkosis/
- Rhymes: -osis
- Syllabification: me‧temp‧si‧co‧sis
Noun
metempsicosis f (plural metempsicosis)
- (philosophy, religion) metempsychosis
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