reincarnation Syllabification: (re·in·car·na·tion)Pronunciation: /ˌrē-inkärˈnāSHən/Translate reincarnation | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of reincarnation noun the rebirth of a soul in a new body. a person or animal in whom a particular soul is believed to have been reborn:he is said to be a reincarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu a new version of something from the past:the latest reincarnation of the hippie lookreincarnation in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of reincarnation in the British & World English dictionary