noun
Meaning 1
A fundamental change of mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: metanoete
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
metanoia
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/ˌmɛtəˈnɔɪə/
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rhymes with -ɔɪə
noun
Meaning 2
A spiritual or religious conversion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A fundamental change in the human personality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A device used to retract a statement just made, and then state it in a better way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: correctio, epanorthosis
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετάνοια (metánoia, “repentance”, literally “afterthought”), a compound of μετά (metá, “after, with”) and νοέω (noéō, “to perceive, to think”).