palingenesis

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Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul in Christian baptism
The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species
That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; distinguished from kenogenesis
A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form
Sometimes, in zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc
emergence during embryonic development of various characters or structures that appeared during the evolutionary history of the strain or species
{i} metempsychosis, passage of a soul from one body to another at the time of death
palingenesis

    Hyphenation

    pal·in·gen·e·sis

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From the Ancient Greek πάλιν (palin, “again”) + γένεσις (genesis, “birth”)
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