metanoia

[ met-uh-noi-uh ]
/ ˌmɛt əˈnɔɪ ə /
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noun

a profound, usually spiritual, transformation; conversion.

Origin of metanoia

1870–75; < Greek metánoia change of mind, repentance; see meta-, -noia

Words nearby metanoia

metanephrine, metanephrogenic, metanephros, metanira, metanitrophenol, metanoia, metapelet, metaph., metaphase, metaphase plate, metaphen

Words related to metanoia

about-face, alteration, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, qualification, rebirth, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation

Example sentences from the Web for metanoia

  • I see no way out of all this except as one of us after another reaches the Metanoia, the new point of view as regards God.

    The Conquest of Fear |Basil King

  • The Metanoia, the re-directing of my thought, was a thorough and basic change.

    The Conquest of Fear |Basil King