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metanoia.

A fundamental change of mind.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌmɛtəˈnɔɪə/
  1. A fundamental change of mind.

    countable · uncountable
  2. A spiritual or religious conversion.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A fundamental change in the human personality.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A device used to retract a statement just made, and then state it in a better way.

    countable · rhetoric · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentance”, literally “afterthought”), a compound of μετά (metá, “after, with”) and νοέω (noéō, “to perceive, to think”).

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