rebirth
- noun
- /ˌriːˈbɜrθ/
- A continuous cycle of life: birth, death and rebirth until we attain nirvana.
- death and rebirth
- cycle of rebirth
- rebirth experiences
The mythic cycle is all about death and rebirth.
- The mythic cycle is all about death and rebirth.
- Is it a soul departure or a rebirth or finality as your true being dies?
- I mean, all these Pagan cults are around this time too, where this is where the idea of death and rebirth came from.
- In the Buddha Dharma, they use the term rebirth because they think that what gets reiterated from lifetime to lifetime is basically software code.
- Some say there's God, some say no God, some say rebirth, there's rebirth, some say no rebirth.
Examples
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Through birth and rebirth, we Buddhists hope to learn from our mistakes.
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One attains Nirvana, or "extinction," and leaves the painful cycle of rebirth, or Samsara.
Academic text (1999) -
" Yes, rebirth, for I was dead to so much before my... my death," he said.
Fiction book (1997) -
What is the day of death and rebirth?
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Death would bring her rebirth.
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But with death comes rebirth.
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With every death there comes rebirth.
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You will undergo death and rebirth, resurrection, if you like.
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One's actions, good or ill, govern the prospect of one's next rebirth.
Academic text (2010) -
In many religions, people believe in rebirth after death as a way for the soul to begin anew.
Synonyms
Belief that a person's soul is born again in a new body after death
A life in a new body after death, as some religions teach
A belief that a soul moves into another body after death
A belief that after death a soul moves into another person or animal to live again
A process of being born again after death many times until you become free
A belief that a person's soul lives again in a new body after death
A process in which someone or something is made new again
A rebirth of the soul after a hard time
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A process of being born again after death many times until you become free
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rebirth is made from re- 'again' and birth 'being born', and it is often used to mean a soul being born again in a new body, as in reincarnation.