transmigrate

/'trænzmaigeit/

Thân thiện

A family packs their belongings to transmigrate to a new land.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To move from one country or region to another and settle there: To permanently relocate one's residence across geographical or political boundaries.
   • To be born anew in another body after death: In religious or philosophical contexts, to pass after death into a new body or form of life; to reincarnate.

Usage and Examples

• Verb (To migrate):

  • Entire communities were forced to transmigrate due to the drought.
  • The policy aimed to help people transmigrate from overcrowded urban centers to rural areas.

• Verb (To reincarnate):

  • Some belief systems hold that the soul can transmigrate into animals.
  • It is a core tenet of their faith that virtuous individuals transmigrate into a higher form of life.

Advanced Usage and Notes

• Formal/Technical Use: The term is more formal than "migrate." In the context of migration, it often implies a significant, organized, or forced movement of people.
• Philosophical/Religious Use: In discussions of metaphysics, spirituality, or comparative religion, "transmigrate" specifically denotes the movement of a soul or essence from one bodily existence to another.

Variants and Related Words

• Transmigration (n): The act or process of transmigrating.
  • The transmigration of the soul is a key concept.
  • Government-sponsored transmigration to the islands.
• Transmigratory (adj): Relating to or involving transmigration.
  • A study of transmigratory patterns in the 19th century.

Synonyms

• For migration: Migrate, relocate, resettle.
• For reincarnation: Reincarnate, be reborn, metempsychosis (n).

Distinctions and Related Concepts

• Migrate vs. Transmigrate: While "migrate" is the general term for movement, "transmigrate" can carry a stronger connotation of a complete transfer of life or existence, whether physical (across lands) or spiritual (across lives). In modern English, "migrate" is far more common for physical movement.
• Emigrate/Immigrate: These specify direction or a place, whereas "transmigrate" does not inherently specify direction.
• Reincarnate: This is a more common synonym for the spiritual meaning. "Transmigrate" can sound more formal or academic in this context.

Học thuật

Verb

1. move from one country or region to another and settle there
   • Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century
   • This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries
2. be born anew in another body after death
   • Hindus believe that we transmigrate

Từ đồng nghĩa

• migrate
• reincarnate