transmogrification

Examples

• All

• The transmogrification of forms—in this case from East to West—is evident and exemplary.

  Academic text (1990)

• Others believe the end of the Maya calendar simply refers to the coming of a major global physical or spiritual transmogrification, marking the start of a new era.

  Blog text (9)

• We've not seen a trace of that great transmogrification here.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Outside in the waiting room, anxious faces... await transmogrification into perfection.

  Celebrity (1998)

• The transmogrification of the caterpillar into a butterfly is a fascinating process.

• In the story, the wizard's spell caused a strange transmogrification of the villagers into animals.

• The film explores the transmogrification of reality as characters enter a surreal dream world.

Synonyms

T

transformation

vstransmogrification

241 3.7

A complete change in form or appearance, for example a caterpillar becoming a butterfly

highlights that the resulting form is often odd or grotesque rather than merely different

T

translation

vstransmogrification

12 2.0

Changing something into a different form or appearance

stresses that the transformation creates a bizarre or grotesque appearance rather than a simple conversion

M

metamorphosis

vstransmogrification

9 7.5

A complete sudden change that makes someone or something very different

focuses on change that results in a strange or grotesque appearance

T

transmutation

vstransmogrification

3 8.6

A change of something into a different form

emphasizes change that produces a bizarre or grotesque outcome rather than neutral alteration

S

shapeshifting

vstransmogrification

• Literature

2 8.4

The power to change shape or appearance, often in stories into animals

portrays the change as producing a bizarre or grotesque form rather than a skillful shift

T

transfiguration

vstransmogrification

• Literature

1 9.0

A big change in appearance that makes something more beautiful or special

means change instead leads to a strange or grotesque appearance rather than beautification

Antonyms

P

preservation

90 3.8

Keeping things safe and in good condition, for example food or buildings

How Radical

transmogrification

1 9.9

metamorphosis

• Specialized

9 7.4

transformation

241 3.7

change

∞ 1.1

modification

137 3.9

alteration

102 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology