noun
transmigration
tranz-my-GRAY-shun/ˌtrænzmaɪˈɡreɪʃn/
Movement from one place or body to another.
Some religious traditions teach transmigration of the soul after death.
Etymology
The pieces describe moving across from one place to another. That general idea of passage became a spiritual one: a soul moving into another body after death.
In context
But actually the reason is destiny. This reason also applies to the transmigration of the soul by which a prime minister in one life may become a dog in the next.
More examples
- She studies beliefs about transmigration into human and animal bodies.
- The transmigration program helps families relocate to less populated islands.
- These stories describe a soul's successive transmigrations through different bodies.
Forms
transmigration · transmigrations
transmigrate verb — To move between places or bodies.
Similar words
- reincarnation
- Specifically means being born again in a new body.
- migration
- Usually describes physical relocation, not souls entering new bodies.