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Learn the meaning of rebirth as a new or second birth, spiritual regeneration, or revival. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for rebirth.
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.
noun. a new or second birth: the rebirth of the soul. a renewed existence, activity, or growth; renaissance or revival: the rebirth of conservatism. rebirth. / riːˈbɜːθ /.
Rebirth is a noun that means a new period of growth of something, or a time when something that was popular in the past becomes popular again. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, see examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and find translations in other languages.
Rebirth in Buddhism refers to the teaching that the actions of a sentient being lead to a new existence after death, in an endless cycle called saṃsāra. This cycle is considered to be dukkha, unsatisfactory and painful. The cycle stops only if Nirvana (liberation) is achieved by insight and the extinguishing of craving.
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Find 23 words that mean rebirth, such as revival, resurgence, and renaissance, and their opposites, such as death, expiration, and extinction. Learn the definition of rebirth as in revival and see examples and related entries.
A rebirth can be a literal reincarnation — being born for a second time in a new body — and it can also mean a brand new beginning, like the rebirth of swing dancing in the 21st century. If you're convinced that after your goldfish died, it was born again in the form of a crow, you believe in rebirth.
