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reincarnation

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Definition of reincarnation

noun

[mass noun]
  • the rebirth of a soul in another body.
  • [count noun] a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn:he believed he was the reincarnation of Louis XVI
  • [count noun] a new version of something from the past:the latest reincarnation of the hippie look

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