REBIRTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rebirth mean? 

• REBIRTH (noun)
  The noun REBIRTH has 4 senses:

1. after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body

2. a second or new birth

3. the revival of learning and culture

4. a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

  Familiarity information: REBIRTH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REBIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

After death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

metempsychosis; rebirth

Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):

phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A second or new birth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rebirth; reincarnation; renascence

Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):

birth; nascence; nascency; nativity (the event of being born)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebirth"):

transmigration (the passing of a soul into another body after death)

cycle of rebirth ((Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The revival of learning and culture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

rebirth; Renaissance; Renascence

Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):

resurgence; revitalisation; revitalization; revival; revivification (bringing again into activity and prominence)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

conversion; rebirth; spiritual rebirth

Hypernyms ("rebirth" is a kind of...):

redemption; salvation ((theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebirth"):

proselytism (the state of being a proselyte; spiritual rebirth resulting from the zeal of crusading advocacy of the gospel)