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metanoia

noun
/ˌmɛtəˈnɔɪə/

Etymology

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

  1. borrowed from μετάνοια

Definitions

  1. A fundamental change of mind.

    • Metanoia is the knowledge that there can be totalities in this world totally different from what we thought. This is the sense in which metanoia is the most radical form of poiesis.

  2. A spiritual or religious conversion.

    • There is therefore enthusiasm no less than resignation in an enlightened metanoia. You give up everything in the form of claims; you receive everything back in the form of a divine presence.

  3. A fundamental change in the human personality.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A device used to retract a statement just made, and then state it in a better way.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA