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REBIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
Synonyms:
conversion; rebirth; spiritual rebirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):
redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebirth"):
proselytism (the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The revival of learning and culture
Synonyms:
rebirth; Renaissance; Renascence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):
resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A second or new birth
Synonyms:
rebirth; reincarnation; renascence
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):
birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebirth"):
transmigration (the passing of a soul into another body after death)
cycle of rebirth ((Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms)
Sense 4
Meaning:
After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
Synonyms:
metempsychosis; rebirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):
phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
