reincarnationism
Noun: A doctrine or belief system that holds that upon the death of the body, the soul or some essential aspect of a being migrates to or is born again in a new body.
This term is used to describe the core philosophical or religious principle of reincarnation. It refers to the belief itself as a structured concept, rather than to individual instances of rebirth. * The scholar's work focused on comparing Eastern reincarnationism with Western concepts of the afterlife. * Reincarnationism is a central tenet of several major world religions.
- The term can be used in academic or comparative religious studies to categorize and analyze belief systems.
- It can be discussed in contrast to doctrines like annihilationism (the belief that the soul ceases to exist) or resurrectionism (the belief in the literal rising of the same body).
- Reincarnation (n): The process or an individual instance of the soul being reborn in a new body. (e.g., She believes in .)
- Reincarnationist (n): A person who believes in or adheres to the doctrine of reincarnation.
- Metempsychosis (n): A synonym, often used in philosophical contexts, for the transmigration of the soul.
- Transmigrationism
- Metempsychosis (doctrinal sense)
This word has a single, specific meaning related to the doctrine of rebirth. It does not have other common definitions.
There are no common idioms or phrasal verbs directly formed from "reincarnationism." Related concepts are typically expressed using the root word "reincarnation" (e.g., "a belief in reincarnation").
- a doctrine that on the death of the body the soul migrates to or is born again in another body